Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Curre Memorial lychgate to the churchyard of the Church of St Deiniol
Devauden, Monmouthshire, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Itton, Chepstow, Devauden, Monmouthshire, designated on 8 September 2000.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Religious, Ritual and Funerary
- Date of designation
- 8 September 2000
- Locality
- Itton
- Town
- Chepstow
- Community
- Devauden
- Unitary authority
- Monmouthshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.65403, -2.73431
- Cadw reference
- 23967
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1636 map "Cornubia : Devonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria ..." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1636 · Cornubia : Devonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria ... (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1895 · Sheet 11. Ordnance Survey of England and Wales. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1897 · 250 Chepstow (Outline) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1905 · 250 Chepstow (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1913 · Sheet 102. Newport. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
At the entrance to the churchyard of the Church of St Deiniol.
History
Lychgate erected in 1892 as a memorial to Mary Curre, died 1890 and inscribed for same.
Exterior
Constructed of red sandstone and oak with a tiled roof. Low walls of squared sandstone rubble support oak plates which carry four posts. These carry a gabled roof of steep pitch with bargeboards and pendants. Brattished bressumer beam with an inscription in relief letters. Double oak gates with steps leading up to the churchyard.
Reason for designation
Included as a well-defined memorial lychgate of 1892 erected by a prominent local family.
Nearby in the register
- Chest Tomb in the churchyard of the Church of St DeiniolReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Church of St DeiniolReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Two Chest Tombs in the churchyard of the Church of St DeiniolReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Four Chest Tombs in the churchyard of the Church of St DeiniolReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.