Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
26825
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
07/08/2002
Date of Amendment
07/08/2002
Name of Property
Churchyard cross at Church of St George
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Vale of Glamorgan
Community
St. Georges-super-Ely
Town
Locality
St Georges Super Ely
Easting
310456
Northing
176634
Street Side
Location
Standing to S of church.
Description
Broad Class
Religious, Ritual and Funerary
Period
History
Medieval churchyard crosses served as stations for outdoor liturgical processions and to denote the sanctity of the cemetery for Christian burial.
Exterior
Medieval churchyard cross. Three steps of roughly coursed rubble support a broached socket stone from which rises the narrow chamfered shaft and replaced head of Maltese format.
Interior
Reason for designation
Listed as a mostly surviving medieval cross with steps; group value with the church.
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