Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
21767
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
03/03/1999
Date of Amendment
03/03/1999
Name of Property
Churchyard Cross, Church of St Bridget
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Vale of Glamorgan
Community
St. Bride's Major
Town
Locality
St Brides Major
Easting
289431
Northing
175014
Street Side
Location
Located on the N side of the Church of St. Bridget, to the E of the porch. The platform is built into the hillside which slopes down to the N.
Description
Broad Class
Religious, Ritual and Funerary
Period
History
C16 preaching cross. Pilgrims knelt in prayer on the stone steps, and farm workers are said to have sharpened their sickles on them. Said to have been damaged during Cromwell’s time. Restored in 1985.
Exterior
Stone churchyard cross on large 6-step platform. Heavy flagstone caps to steps with moulded edges. The base of the cross is square with deeply chamfered top angles. Polygonal tapering shaft with broach stops, surmounted by an orb with mouldings and small foliate bosses to underside.
Interior
Reason for designation
An exceptionally well preserved example of a medieval preaching cross. Group value with the church.
Scheduled Ancient Monument Gm 174.
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