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
21304
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
23/11/1961
Date of Amendment
08/02/1999
Name of Property
Remains of Churchyard Cross
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Caerphilly
Community
Bedwas, Trethomas and Machen
Town
Caerphilly
Locality
Bedwas
Easting
317110
Northing
189189
Street Side
E
Location
Located on the S side of the Church of St Barrwg, to the E of the porch.
Description
Broad Class
Religious, Ritual and Funerary
Period
History
Remains of medieval churchyard cross, the ball flower ornament suggesting an early C14 date.
Exterior
Stump of cross shaft with eroded broach stops, approximately 0.4m high, on a small octagonal 2-tier base. The tiers are moulded and corbelled. The underside of the top tier bears a ball-flower frieze, much eroded.
Interior
Reason for designation
Listed as a good example of the base of a medieval preaching cross, the form of the plinth being unusual. Group value with the Church of St. Barrwg.
Scheduled Ancient Monument Mon143.
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