Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
317
Building Number
Grade
II*
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
06/11/1962
Date of Amendment
18/07/2001
Name of Property
Cross in churchyard of the Church of St Michael & All Angels
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Flintshire
Community
Trelawnyd and Gwaenysgor
Town
Locality
Trelawnyd
Easting
308908
Northing
379619
Street Side
Location
On the S side of the church.
Description
Broad Class
Religious, Ritual and Funerary
Period
History
Probably built in the C14.
Exterior
A tall freestone medieval churchyard cross, standing on a square plinth now partly buried and strengthened by modern rubble stone. The square base has chamfered angles with broach stops. The tall tapering shaft, rectangular in section, also has broach stops to broad chamfers. A projecting cap stone also has chamfered angles, which are enriched alternately with a flower and a shield. The head shows the crucifixion in low relief in the E and W faces, and on the E face with accompanying figures of Mary and John, the latter now partly missing. The narrower N and S faces have empty niches with cusped heads, one probably intended to hold the reserved sacrament on Palm Sunday.
Interior
Reason for designation
Listed grade II* as an exceptionally rare complete medieval cross retaining its original head, and as part of the historic context of the parish church.
Scheduled Ancient Monument FL115.
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