Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Section of churchyard wall linking gatehouse and priory church
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
- Religious, Ritual and Funerary
- Date of designation
- 30 April 2004
- Locality
- Usk
- Town
- Usk
- Community
- Usk
- Unitary authority
- Monmouthshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.70244, -2.90060
- Cadw reference
- 82783
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
At SW corner of churchyard.
History
Part of the medieval enclosed churchyard.
Exterior
Length of rubble wall joining the Priory Gatehouse with the Priory Church. Considerably higher on the side facing into the grounds of The Priory. Headstones rest against it on the churchyard side.
Reason for designation
Listed as an integral part of the priory complex, and to complete listing of the ancient churchyard wall.
Nearby in the register
- Matthews Tomb in St Mary's ChurchyardNo class recordedunder 1 mi
- Medieval Cross Base in St Mary's ChurchyardNo class recordedunder 1 mi
- The Priory GatehouseDomesticunder 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.