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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