St Nicholas Trellech, Raglan, Monmouthshire 19 June 2013
A chest tomb with a decorated side tablet in honour of Ann Hodges, wife of a merchant of the town, who died in 1785. Chest tombs were a status symbol.
A wooden church existed on this site in the 7th/8th Centuries and the preaching cross may date to the same period; the current church dates from the 13th and 14th Centuries. The early English Gothic stonework has been dated from 1225-1275, the decorated Gothic stonework to early 14th Century. In the late 19th Century, the neglected church was renovated and re-roofed. The weather cock was made in Ross-on-Wye in 1792. In front of the preaching cross is a large, rough hewn slab with carvings at either end, believed to date from Saxon times.
St Nicholas Trellech, Raglan, Monmouthshire 19 June 2013
A chest tomb with a decorated side tablet in honour of Ann Hodges, wife of a merchant of the town, who died in 1785. Chest tombs were a status symbol.
A wooden church existed on this site in the 7th/8th Centuries and the preaching cross may date to the same period; the current church dates from the 13th and 14th Centuries. The early English Gothic stonework has been dated from 1225-1275, the decorated Gothic stonework to early 14th Century. In the late 19th Century, the neglected church was renovated and re-roofed. The weather cock was made in Ross-on-Wye in 1792. In front of the preaching cross is a large, rough hewn slab with carvings at either end, believed to date from Saxon times.