Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
19241
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
29/01/1998
Date of Amendment
29/01/1998
Name of Property
Churchyard Cross in St David's churchyard
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Bridgend
Community
Laleston
Town
Locality
Laleston
Easting
287540
Northing
179845
Street Side
Location
On the S side of the church near the porch.
Description
Broad Class
Religious, Ritual and Funerary
Period
History
Churchyard crosses mostly date from the medieval period and acted as a site for preaching especially for the itinerant orders, a focus of liurgical processions and to sanctify the churchyard for burial before the development of individual graveyard monuments after the Reformation. Top of shaft has been remodelled, creating a knob finial possibly from the base of a former crucifix.
Exterior
Consists of 3 rectangular steps, deep square hipped plinth stone with slender shaft broached at base; shaft weathered though appears formerly octagonal, now ending in a knob.
Interior
Reason for designation
Listed as a medieval churchyard cross which is mostly intact and for group value with the church of St David and Cliff Cottage.
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