Obelisk to Marie Witherington in Churchyard of Church of St Peter, Goetre Fawr, Monmouthshire

Coordinates

Latitude: 51.7477 / 51°44'51"N

Longitude: -2.9762 / 2°58'34"W

OS Eastings: 332704

OS Northings: 205897

OS Grid: SO327058

Mapcode National: GBR J6.142P

Mapcode Global: VH79M.CBGK

Plus Code: 9C3VP2XF+3G

Entry Name: Obelisk to Marie Witherington in Churchyard of Church of St Peter

Listing Date: 18 July 2001

Last Amended: 18 July 2001

Grade: II

Source: Cadw

Source ID: 25564

Building Class: Commemorative

ID on this website: 300025564

Location: About 40m south of the south porch of Church of St Peter.

County: Monmouthshire

Town: Pontypool

Community: Goetre Fawr

Locality: Goetre

Traditional County: Monmouthshire

Tagged with: Obelisk

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History

An early C19 churchyard monument which probably dates from very close to the recorded death in 1807.

Exterior

A neo-classical monument cut from Forest of Dean sandstone ashlar. A square base with plinth and cornice carries a sharply tapering obelisk which has the point blunted. The four sides of the base are inscribed within framed panels to Marie, wife of Henry Witherington, died 1807.

Reasons for Listing

Included for its special interest as a very good quality churchyard memorial in the neo-classical style dating from c1807.

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Obelisk to Marie Witherington in Churchyard of Church of St Peter

A Grade II Listed Building in Goetre Fawr, Monmouthshire