Churchyard Cross at Church of St Mary, Llangan, Vale of Glamorgan

Coordinates

Latitude: 51.503 / 51°30'10"N

Longitude: -3.5028 / 3°30'10"W

OS Eastings: 295788

OS Northings: 179304

OS Grid: SS957793

Mapcode National: GBR HH.JHNL

Mapcode Global: VH5HL.7HK4

Plus Code: 9C3RGF3W+6V

Entry Name: Churchyard Cross at Church of St Mary

Listing Date: 22 July 2003

Last Amended: 22 July 2003

Grade: II

Source: Cadw

Source ID: 81315

Building Class: Religious, Ritual and Funerary

Also known as: Cross in St Mary's Churchyard

ID on this website: 300081315

Location: In the churchyard beside the main path.

County: Vale of Glamorgan

Town: Cowbridge / Y Bont-Faen

Community: Llangan (Llan-gan)

Community: Llangan

Locality: St. Mary Hill

Traditional County: Glamorgan

Tagged with: Christian cross Churchyard cross Cross

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History

Late medieval, probably C15, with some repair and replacement socket stone and shaft of 1887. Unusually it retains a possibly original medieval carved head.

Exterior

Built of white limestone ashlar. Square cross-base of four diminishing steps. Replacement socket stone with broach stops. Replacement broach stopped shaft, square going to octagonal, with a neo-classical cap topped by a possibly original and certainly medieval carved head.

Reasons for Listing

Included as a fine churchyard cross having group value with the adjacent Church of St. Mary.

External Links

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Other nearby listed buildings

II Chuchyard Wall of the Church of St Mary
Surrounding the churchyard and the top of the hill.
II Church of St Mary
On the top of St. Mary Down with panoramic views and is itself widely visible.
II Cross Base at St Mary Hill
Set against the north-west corner of the garden wall of Village Farmhouse.
II Pantruthin-fach Farmhouse
Right on the northen edge of Llangan Community hard against the M4.
II Cowshed at Pantruthin-fach Farm
Immediately north of the farmhouse across the yard.
II Church of St Canna
At the north end of Llangan village.
II The Old Rectory
At the north end of Llangan village about 50m to the west of the Church of St. Canna.
I Churchyard Cross at Church of St Canna
In the churchyard beside the main path.

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Churchyard Cross at Church of St Mary

A Grade II Listed Building in Llangan, Vale of Glamorgan