Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
2087
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
19/11/1953
Date of Amendment
27/09/2001
Name of Property
Cross in St Michael's Churchyard
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Monmouthshire
Community
Mitchel Troy
Town
Monmouth
Locality
Mitchel Troy
Easting
349230
Northing
210384
Street Side
Location
In the centre of Mitchel Troy village, on the N side of the old road from Monmouth to Raglan
Description
Broad Class
Religious, Ritual and Funerary
Period
History
Exterior
Restored medieval cross-shaft. Red sandstone. Mounted on a square plinth of 3 steps and set in a low cavetto-moulded base, it is about 3m high and rectangular in section, tapering from 37x32cm at the foot, and has convex corners decorated with small shields alternating with ball-flowers so crudely-carved as to resemble little. skulls.
Interior
Reason for designation
Included as a unusual example of a medieval preaching cross, and for its group relationship with the church.
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