Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
13304
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
10/09/1982
Date of Amendment
19/01/2005
Name of Property
Sundial in the Churchyard of the Church of the Holy Trinity
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Vale of Glamorgan
Community
St. Donats
Town
Cowbridge / Y Bont-Faen
Locality
Marcross
Easting
292104
Northing
169054
Street Side
Location
On the south side of the path to the church door.
Description
Broad Class
Religious, Ritual and Funerary
Period
History
Medieval, probably late C15 for the cross remains and probably C18 for the sundial conversion.
Exterior
Limestone base and lower part of the shaft of a churchyard cross, capped by a bronze sundial. Square medieval base with a large roll moulding at the top and, embedded in it, a much smaller square medieval base with stops at the angles and rising out of it, a truncated octagonal medieval cross-shaft. The bronze sundial at the top is inscribed as being the work of J King, optician, 2 Clare Street, Bristol.
Interior
Reason for designation
Included for its special interest as the relic of a medieval cross, and for its group value with the Church of the Holy Trinity.
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