Tomb of Bishop Hedley in Cathays Cemetery

The Tomb of Bishop Hedley in Cathays Cemetery is an impressive Gothic memorial made of freestone, elevated on a plinth with steps on the east side. The plinth features square piers at each corner, topped with narrow gables that have fleur-de-lis in relief and broad crocket finials. The sides of the plinth are adorned with arcades of blind cusped arches. The steps on the east side include a plain parapet.

At the west end, there is a buttressed three-bay reredos. The buttresses are gabled and display bishops' crook and mitre in relief, along with the monogram CH. The reredos has thin gabled buttresses on its west faces, with crosses on the caps of the inner buttresses and the initial 'H' on the outer ones. The east side of the reredos, behind the tomb chest, features a central crucifixion set against a background of four-leaf flowers in relief, below which is a shield, mitre, and crook, along with the letters ICH in relief. The outer bays of this side contain figures of Mary and John. On the opposite west face, the outer bays have cusped transoms, above which are panels with shields bearing fleur-de-lis in relief, framing two narrow subsidiary arches. The central bay showcases a canopied figure of the Madonna and Child on a corbel.

The tomb chest is topped with a saddleback coping that has fish-scale moulding. The east end features a weathered memorial inscription, while the north and south sides each display three shields with heraldic relief mouldings, positioned between round columns with foliage caps.