Monument to Eleanor Isabella Franklin at east end of Church of St. Andrew, Llanhennock, Monmouthshire

Coordinates

Latitude: 51.6491 / 51°38'56"N

Longitude: -2.8975 / 2°53'50"W

OS Eastings: 338000

OS Northings: 194859

OS Grid: ST380948

Mapcode National: GBR J9.7CW0

Mapcode Global: VH7B1.QTK5

Plus Code: 9C3VJ4X2+JX

Entry Name: Monument to Eleanor Isabella Franklin at east end of Church of St. Andrew

Listing Date: 18 November 1980

Last Amended: 6 December 2005

Grade: II

Source: Cadw

Source ID: 2690

Building Class: Religious, Ritual and Funerary

ID on this website: 300002690

Location: In a group of Victorian monuments at the east end of the church.

County: Monmouthshire

Town: Newport

Community: Llanhennock (Llanhenwg)

Community: Llangybi

Locality: Tredunnock

Traditional County: Monmouthshire

Tagged with: Monument

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History

Probably erected soon after the recorded death in 1860.

Exterior

Red sandstone ashlar with iron railings. Monument in the form of a medieval altar. Rectangular Gothic tomb with 6 x 2 cusped arch arcade supporting a moulded slab top carrying a recumbent cross. This tomb is set on a stone base with a small railed surround. The arcade contains several inscriptions, one is inscribed: 'Eleanor Isabella... only child (of) Sir John Franklin, first discoverer of the North West Passage... from a deadly malady from which she had rescued a suffering child, died... 1860.'

Reasons for Listing

Included for historical interest and as a fine Victorian Gothic table tomb having strong group value with the nearby Church of St. Andrew.

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Other nearby listed buildings

II* Church of St. Andrew
In the centre of Tredunnock village.
II Cross in Churchyard of Church of St. Andrew
Beside the path between the entrance gate and the church.
II Entrance Gate and Fence to the Churchyard of the Church of St. Andrew
In the centre of Tredunnock village at the entrance to the Churchyard.
II War Memorial Lychgate at Church of St. Andrew
In the centre of Tredunnock village at the entrance to the path into the church from the village street.
II Ton Farmhouse
In the centre of Tredunnock village about 100m west of the Church of St. Andrew.
II Telephone Call-box set into retaining wall of car park at Newbridge Inn
On west side of minor road where it curves down towards the New Bridge over the River Usk.
II* New Bridge
Crossing the River Usk east of Tredunnock village and joining the Communities of Llanhennock and Llantrisant.
II* New Bridge
Situated some 2.3 km S of Llantrissent, on lane to Tredunnock.

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Monument to Eleanor Isabella Franklin at east end of Church of St. Andrew

A Grade II Listed Building in Llanhennock, Monmouthshire