Full Report for Listed Buildings
The list description is not intended to be a complete inventory of what is listed: it is principally intended to aid identification. By law, the definition of a listed building includes the entire building (i) and any structure or object that is fixed to the said building and ancillary to it and (ii) any other structure or object that forms part of the land and has done so since before 1 July 1948, and was within the curtilage of the building, and ancillary to it, on the date on which said building was first included in the list, or on 1 January 1969, whichever was later.
Summary Description
Reference Number
2024
Building Number
Grade
II*
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
19/08/1955
Date of Amendment
08/09/2000
Name of Property
Cross in the Churchyard of the Church of St Thomas a Becket
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Monmouthshire
Community
Devauden
Town
Chepstow
Locality
Wolvesnewton
Easting
345425
Northing
199754
Street Side
Location
About 15m south of the church.
Description
Broad Class
Religious, Ritual and Funerary
Period
History
In origin a medieval cross, probably C15, but reconstructed as a memorial to WWI in c1920.
Exterior
All limestone cross with stepped base, shaft and restored head. The cross has a square base of cut stone with a paved top. This is part of the c1920 reconstruction. On this are two medieval and a reconstructed third step. This carries a broached socket stone which is medieval, a tall octagonal shaft which is probably medieval and a plain chamfered cross of c1920. The top step carries a relief inscription as a war memorial.
Interior
Reason for designation
Included and highly graded as a medieval churchyard cross well reconstructed as a memorial to WWI and having group value with the Church of St Thomas a Becket.
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