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.
Date of Designation
29/04/2002
Date of Amendment
29/04/2002
Name of Property
Cross in St Sannan churchyard
Unitary Authority
Caerphilly
Location
On the S side of the church NW of the lych gate.
Broad Class
Religious, Ritual and Funerary
History
A late medieval churchyard cross modified in 1925 when it was refashioned as a memorial.
Exterior
A short cross shaft on a square base and high stepped coursed-rubble plinth. The base, of conglomerate stone, has moulded corners, and on the E side a panel has been cut in with a memorial inscription to Rees Jones (d. 1925). The short tapering cross shaft is chamfered and is surmounted by a carved cross of 1925.
Reason for designation
Listed as a substantially surviving medieval structure and for group value with the church.
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