Tomb of John Phillips at Tabernacle Baptist Church is a Grade II listed building in the Torfaen local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 29 May 1997. A Eighteenth century Tomb.
Tomb of John Phillips at Tabernacle Baptist Church
- WRENN ID
- night-corbel-reed
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Torfaen
- Constituency
- Torfaen MP: Nick Thomas-Symonds (Lab)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 29 May 1997
- Type
- Tomb
- Period
- Eighteenth century
- Address
- Tomb of John Phillips at Tabernacle Baptist Church, Old Penygarn, Pontypool, Trevethin
- OS grid reference
- SO 285 015
- Coordinates
- 51.70795, -3.03586
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
The tomb of John Phillips, who died in 1852, is a chest tomb located at the Tabernacle Baptist Church. It features pinkish sandstone panels with a limestone base and cap, designed in the 18th century style. The tomb stands on a base of two steps and has corner balusters, one of which is damaged, in a Jacobean style. There are inscriptions dedicated to various members of the Phillips family. The top of the tomb has a central ridge and a roll-moulded edge.
Local climate
Tomb of John Phillips at Tabernacle Baptist Church receives an average of 940 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 73% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 72% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 41 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 79% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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Similar buildings
The closest matches to this building from all 493,000 UK listed buildings, by architecture, period and materials.
- 1 Monument to John Phillips in the Churchyard About 8 Metres South of the Priest's Door to the Chancel of the Church of St Mary Magdalen
- 2 Philips Memorial Approximately 1 Metre North of Vestry of Church of St Simon and St Jude
- 3 Tombchest of James Phillips, 2 Metres South of the Sundial in the Churchyard of St Michael
- 4 Chest Tomb to Phillips Family and Railings Approximately 10 Metres North of Church of St Andrew
- 5 Monument to --- Phillips in the Churchyard Circa 13 Metres South of the South Window in the Chancel of the Church of St Mary
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