Matthews Tomb in St Mary's Churchyard is a Grade II listed building in the Monmouthshire local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 30 April 2004. Tomb.
Matthews Tomb in St Mary's Churchyard
- WRENN ID
- solitary-mortar-gold
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Monmouthshire
- Constituency
- Monmouthshire MP: Catherine Fookes (Lab)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 30 April 2004
- Type
- Tomb
- Address
- Matthews Tomb in St Mary's Churchyard, Usk
- OS grid reference
- SO 378 008
- Coordinates
- 51.70251, -2.90062
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
Matthews Tomb is a fine chest tomb located in St Mary's Churchyard. It features Classical detailing and is rectangular in shape, resting on a plinth with heavy vermiculated and glacial quoins. The capstone of the tomb supports a rectangular urn. The inscription commemorates Edward Henry Matthews, who died at the age of 21 in 1840 due to typhus fever.
Local climate
Matthews Tomb in St Mary's Churchyard receives an average of 890 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 66% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 66% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 41 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 78% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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 Matthews Monument, in the Churchyard by North West Corner of Vestry Block, Church of St Mary
- 2 Mathews Tomb Approximately 8 Metres to South of South Aisle of Church of St Mary
- 3 Matthews Monument About 20 Yards South of the East End of the South Aisle of the Church of St George
- 4 Six Matthews Etc Chest Tombs in South Corner of Churchyard, Church of St Mary
- 5 Matthews Memorial Approximately 20 Metres South East of Chancel of Church of St Mary
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