Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Allfrey Tomb, Malpas Church
Malpas, Newport, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Religious, Ritual and Funerary
- Date of designation
- 24 June 1999
- Locality
- Malpas
- Community
- Malpas
- Unitary authority
- Newport
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.60617, -3.00802
- Cadw reference
- 21944
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 5 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1636 "Cornubia : Devonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria ..." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Cadw's description
Location
Malpas Church is set back from the E side of Malpas Road, within a large churchyard, which is entered via a prominent lychgate. The Allfrey tomb lies alongside the path immediately north of the church.
History
Erected c. 1853 in memory of Mary Allfrey (d.1844) and her brother John Stening Allfrey (d.1853).
Exterior
Large classical sarcophagus-type monument. Moulded plinth. Tapering sides with raised and panelled corners. Hollow frieze with tapering table-top. Small blank end-panels. Inscribed side panels. S side reads: ‘ In memory of Mary Allfrey, only daughter of the late George Allfrey of Friston Place in the county of Sussex, who died on the 21st day of December 1844. Aged 44 years. N side reads: ‘ In memory of John Stening Allfrey, third son of the late George Allfrey of Friston Place in the county of Sussex, who died on the 28th day of January 1853. Aged 51 years’. Added inscription along top to Edward Allfrey (d.1866).
Reason for designation
Listed as a fine and well-preserved mid C19 Classical tomb. Group value with Malpas Church.
Nearby in the register
- Parish Church of St. MaryReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Malpas VicarageDomesticunder 1 mi
- Lychgate at Malpas ChurchReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Hollybush Bridge over the Monmouthshire and Brecon Canal (partly in Bettws Community)Transportunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.