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
25560
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
18/07/2001
Date of Amendment
18/07/2001
Name of Property
Churchyard Cross at Church of St Illtyd
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Monmouthshire
Community
Goetre Fawr
Town
Pontypool
Locality
Mamhilad
Easting
330522
Northing
203413
Street Side
E
Location
About 30m south west of the Church of St Illtyd.
Description
Broad Class
Religious, Ritual and Funerary
Period
History
The remains of a probably late C15 preaching cross.
Exterior
Cut stone cross base and shaft now much decayed. Square socket stone with broached corners. Square shaft going to octagonal with the shaft progressively more spalled and finally broken at the top. The surviving monument is about 1.5m in height.
Interior
Reason for designation
Included as the historic St Illtyd's churchyard cross which, though fragmentary, retains a basic medieval structure.
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