Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Matthews Tomb in St Mary's Churchyard
Usk, Monmouthshire, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Usk, Monmouthshire, designated on 30 April 2004.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- No class recorded
- Date of designation
- 30 April 2004
- Locality
- Usk
- Town
- Usk
- Community
- Usk
- Unitary authority
- Monmouthshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.70251, -2.90061
- Cadw reference
- 82764
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)
- 1905 · 250 Chepstow (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1913 · Sheet 102. Newport. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
On S side of churchyard between Church Street gates and church.
History
Early C19, commemorating death of Edward Henry Matthews in 1840.
Exterior
Fine chest tomb with Classical detailing. Rectangular chest on plinth has heavy vermiculated and glacial quoins. Capstone supports rectangular urn.
Inscription in memory of Edward Henry Matthews "cut down by typhus fever" at age of 21 in 1840.
Reason for designation
Strongly designed early C19 chest tomb. Group value with adjacent listed church and churchyard walls.
Nearby in the register
- Section of churchyard wall linking gatehouse and priory churchReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Medieval Cross Base in St Mary's ChurchyardNo class recordedunder 1 mi
- Medieval Tomb Effigy in St Mary's ChurchyardNo class recordedunder 1 mi
- Churchyard Wall & Gateways at Priory Church of St MaryReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.