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
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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