Monument to Eleanor Isabella Franklin at east end of Church of St. Andrew is a Grade II listed building in the Monmouthshire local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 18 November 1980. Monument.

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

WRENN ID: distant-baluster-merlin
Grade: II
Local Planning Authority: Monmouthshire
Country: Wales
Date first listed: 18 November 1980
Type: Monument
Source: Cadw listing

Description

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.'

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