Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Memorial to Charles Heath in Churchyard of Church of St. Mary
Monmouth, Monmouthshire, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Religious, Ritual and Funerary
- Date of designation
- 10 August 2005
- Locality
- Monmouth
- Town
- Monmouth
- Community
- Monmouth
- Unitary authority
- Monmouthshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.81298, -2.71420
- Cadw reference
- 85210
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 5 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1636 "Cornubia : Devonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria ..." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Cadw's description
Location
Immediately inside the main gate into the churchyard of the Church of St. Mary.
History
Memorial to Charles Heath (1761-1831), important local historian and antiquarian and sometime Mayor of Monmouth. He was a bookseller who had his house and shop in what is now Nos. 22 & 23 Agincourt Square (qv). One of the few memorials to survive the landscaping of the churchyard.
Exterior
Sandstone ashlar. Square base with top mould, set on two steps. Cube with chamfered corners. Central recessed circular panel with ballflowers. Quatrefoil containing brass panel inscribed to Charles Heath.
Reason for designation
Included for its special historic interest close to the principal church in Monmouth.
Nearby in the register
- 24 Church StreetCommercialunder 1 mi
- Sundial with railings in Churchyard of Church of St. MaryGardens, Parks and Urban Spacesunder 1 mi
- 22 Church StreetDomesticunder 1 mi
- 20 Church StreetNo class recordedunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.