Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Tomb with Sarcophagus in Churchyard of Former Church of St Mary
Wye Valley, Monmouthshire, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Religious, Ritual and Funerary
- Date of designation
- 29 September 2000
- Date of amendment
- 16 March 2020
- Welsh name
- Bedd gydag arch garreg ym mynwent hen Eglwys y Santes Fair
- Locality
- Chapel Hill
- Town
- Tintern
- Community
- Wye Valley
- Unitary authority
- Monmouthshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.69648, -2.68064
- Cadw reference
- 24052
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
About 30m from the east end of the Church of St Mary.
History
A tomb in the neo-classical/baroque manner which might be C18 but is probably early C19 as the other memorials around it. Restored 2012/3.
Exterior
Sarcophagus of white limestone ashlar in the shape of a wine cooler standing on a larger plinth. Each face of the plinth has a sunk panel and the corners project diagonally and each support a large volute. The rim of the sarcophagus has egg-and-dart moulding and its coped lid is surmounted by a large fluted boss. The uphill, south-western face, has a brass plaque added in the recent restoration commissioned by Tintern Community Council, and it records the previously eroded inscription. The plaque reads:
Richard White son of George White of New Weir in the County of Hereford Gent. Died October 30th 1765 aged 67 years whose amiable temper and hospitality called to the sequestered spot many of the first rank and character. Inoffensive and benevolent he lived without an enemy and died deplored by all.
Reason for designation
Included as a fine and rare early C19 neo-classical tomb.
Nearby in the register
- Tomb of J S Brown in Churchyard of Former Church of St MaryReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Tomb with Pyramid in Churchyard of Former Church of St MaryReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Former Church of St MaryReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- St Mary's Church, Chapel HillChurchunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.