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
87124
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
06/12/2005
Date of Amendment
06/12/2005
Name of Property
Cross in Churchyard of Church of St. John the Baptist
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Monmouthshire
Community
Llanhennock
Town
Newport
Locality
Llanhennock
Easting
335301
Northing
192700
Street Side
Location
At the west end of the church betweeen it and the entrance gate.
Description
Broad Class
Religious, Ritual and Funerary
Period
History
A reconstruction dated 1989 which uses a medieval socket stone and base of shaft and a cross-head probably reused from a churchyard memorial which is probably late C19 or early C20.
Exterior
Built of red sandstone rubble for the steps, the rest is dressed stone. Two square steps with flat paved tops, medieval broached socket stone. Base stone of shaft is square and tapering with broached chamfers. Cross head of wheel type.
Interior
Reason for designation
Included for the retention of sections of a medieval cross, and as having strong group value with the nearby Church of St. John the Baptist.
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