Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
20181
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
22/07/1998
Date of Amendment
22/07/1998
Name of Property
Churchyard cross socket in Llansantffraid churchyard
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Bridgend
Community
St. Bride's Minor
Town
Locality
Sarn
Easting
289702
Northing
183480
Street Side
Location
E of the church adjacent to the EW path through the churchyard.
Description
Broad Class
Religious, Ritual and Funerary
Period
History
Medieval cross socket unlikely to be in its original position as nearby ground has clearly been lowered and the socket is without the usual high stepped base, though traces of this latter may still exist in the churchyard. Churchyard crosses had a number of functions including acting as the focus for liturgical processions, designating the sanctity of the churchyard before individual churchyard monuments proliferated after the Reformation, and as a venue for itinerant preachers.
Exterior
A roughly square socket stone broached to hold an octagonal shaft a small portion of which is set within the socket.
Interior
Reason for designation
Included for its historic interest and for group value with the churchyard monuments and the church.
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