Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
1963
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
09/01/1956
Date of Amendment
15/03/2000
Name of Property
Cross in Bettws Newydd Churchyard
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Monmouthshire
Community
Llanarth
Town
Usk
Locality
Bettws Newydd
Easting
336222
Northing
205861
Street Side
Location
Situated in churchyard to S of Bettws Newydd church.
Description
Broad Class
Religious, Ritual and Funerary
Period
History
Medieval churchyard cross, the steps and base original, the cross replaced in 1879 in memory of Julia Stretton of Brynderwen, d 1878.
Exterior
Churchyard Cross. Medieval steps and single stone base. Three high steps, square plan, including single massive NE block on second step. Base has unusual tracery panels, much eroded, a quatrefoil to S, two quatrefoils to E, a cross to N. 1879 cross is of Forest of Dean stone, chamfered with broach stops.
Interior
Reason for designation
Included as a substantial medieval cross base with renewed cross, of group value with an outstanding church.
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