Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Monument of James Rennie in the Churchyard of the Church of the Holy Trinity
Caerleon, Newport, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Christchurch, Newport, Caerleon, designated on 18 January 2002.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Commemorative
- Date of designation
- 18 January 2002
- Locality
- Christchurch
- Town
- Newport
- Community
- Caerleon
- Unitary authority
- Newport
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.59959, -2.94473
- Cadw reference
- 26118
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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)
- 1865 · England and Wales. England No. 6. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1895 · Sheet 11. Ordnance Survey of England and Wales. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1906 · 249 Newport (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1913 · Sheet 102. Newport. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
In the north corner of the churchyard about 15m from the Church of The Holy Trinity.
History
The memorial is inscribed to James Rennie of Maindeee Park and various of his family. He died in 1864 and it seems likely that the memorial dates from then. The neo-classical style is similar to the work of H E Goodridge who also died in 1864 and it could be by his son A S Goodridge who carried on the practice in Bath.
Exterior
The memorial is made of polished red granite. A base of three square steps rises to a battered plinth. The main shaft tapers and has a moulded base, a main section with raised panels with incised lettering, a firieze of three balls, a cyma recta cornice, a lotus leaf cap and a finial of uncertain form which is presently removed into a nearby bush.
Reason for designation
Included as an exceptionally fine monument from 1864 having group value with the Church of The Holy Trinity.
Nearby in the register
- Church of the Holy TrinityReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Monument of Willmett and Darvel in the Churchyard of the Church of the Holy TrinityCommemorativeunder 1 mi
- Church House & The FriarsDomesticunder 1 mi
- Church of the Holy SpiritReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.