Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Monument of Willmett and Darvel 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
- 51.59923, -2.94507
- Cadw reference
- 26119
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)
- 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
On the west side of the churchyard about 10m from the Church of The Holy Trinity.
History
A memorial to various members of the Willmett and Darvel families, the oldest inscription of which is damaged and illegible. It is likely to date from about 1850.
Exterior
Memorial carved from Forest of Dean stone in the form of a tea caddy. Square base with cyma mould. Shaft with a carved scroll on each face carrying the inscriptions. Cyma mould cornice. Domed top with vase finial and spike.
Reason for designation
Included as an exceptionally fine mid C19 monument 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 James Rennie in the Churchyard of the Church of the Holy TrinityCommemorativeunder 1 mi
- Church House & The FriarsDomesticunder 1 mi
- St Julian's Wood CampHillfortunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.