Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Memorial to John and Mary Jenkins in Churchyard of Church of St Mary
Rhoose, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Penmark, Barry, Rhoose, Vale of Glamorgan, designated on 30 September 2004.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Religious, Ritual and Funerary
- Date of designation
- 30 September 2004
- Locality
- Penmark
- Town
- Barry
- Community
- Rhoose
- Unitary authority
- Vale of Glamorgan
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.41059, -3.35485
- Cadw reference
- 83156
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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)
- 1637 · The fourth table of England. Cornub. Devonia, Somerset etc. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1858 · 20. Bridgewater. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1865 · England and Wales. England No. 6. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1897 · 262 Pontypridd (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
On the east side of the Church of St Mary, south-east of the chancel.
History
Probably erected very soon after the earliest inscribed death in 1854.
Exterior
Bath stone ashlar memorial in the form of a Roman altar, surrounded by a coped stone square dwarf wall. Square base with moulded top carrying a square shaft with inscribed faces, cornice and capped by an urn. Inscriptions to John Jenkins, died 1860 and his wife Mary Jenkins, died March V11 1854.
Reason for designation
Included for its special interest as a well designed neo-classical monument and for its group value within the churchyard of the Church of St Mary.
Nearby in the register
- Sarah Elizabeth Jones Memorial Cross in the Churchyard of the Church of St MaryReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Cross in Churchyard at Church of St MaryReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Casberd Family Tomb in the Churchyard of the Church of St MaryReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- 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.