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
19173
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
02/01/1998
Date of Amendment
02/01/1998
Name of Property
Churchyard Cross in St James' churchyard, Pyle
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Bridgend
Community
Pyle
Town
Cynffig
Locality
Pyle
Easting
282557
Northing
182629
Street Side
W
Location
The church of St James is at the N end of the village of Pyle. The churchyard cross is set approximately 9m S of the S porch.
Description
Broad Class
Religious, Ritual and Funerary
Period
History
The base is medieval, the head and shaft a restoration of 1925. Probably a preaching cross pre-dating the building of the present church at this spot in 1471.
Exterior
Limestone. The medieval base of 4 high steps, the lower having a projecting nosing, totalling approximately 3.3m square. The top step carries a square plinth with a hollow chamfered skirt and a chamfered top, on which is mounted a tapered square section shaft, the angles chamfered, rising approximately 3m to a decorated capital. The shaft and crucifix head are a replacement of 1925. Two sections of the original shaft lie by the W side of the porch.
Interior
Reason for designation
Included as a substantial example of a relatively rare type of monument surviving from the middle ages. Of group value with St James' Church.
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