Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Morgan memorial in churchyard of St Tysoi
Llantrisant Fawr, Monmouthshire, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Llansoy, Usk, Llantrisant Fawr, Monmouthshire, designated on 12 October 2000.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Religious, Ritual and Funerary
- Date of designation
- 12 October 2000
- Locality
- Llansoy
- Town
- Usk
- Community
- Llantrisant Fawr
- Unitary authority
- Monmouthshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.71738, -2.80850
- Cadw reference
- 24125
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)
- 1830 · V.3:11-15:XV.Britisches Reich. A. Kon: England. a. England ab sich: Shire:15-17, 33 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1895 · Sheet 11. Ordnance Survey of England and Wales. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1896 · 233 Monmouth (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1913 · Sheet 102. Newport. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
Situated in churchyard just S of rood stair on s side of the church.
History
Headstone in commemoration of Ann Morgan and her parents John and Ann Morgan, c1835.
Exterior
Stone headstone, carved top panel in relief of a recumbent figure tightly clasping a draped urn with oak tree background, the perspective and treatment of the subject rustic. Two low relief arched panels below with snake-entwined staff between. Left plaque to Ann Morgan died 1835 aged 20, and right plaque to her parents Ann d 1840 and John d 1852. Inscribed encomia to each in tiny letters.
Reason for designation
Included as an exceptional piece of vernacular stone carving illustrating the quality and ambition of rustic stone carvers in the early C19.
Nearby in the register
- Church of St TysoiReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Ty LlwydDomesticunder 1 mi
- Cwrt y BrychanDomesticunder 1 mi
- Barn with stable and granary at Cwrt-y-BrychanDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.