Preaching Cross in Churchyard of Church of St Cynfarch and St Mary is a Grade II listed building in the Denbighshire local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 19 May 2001. Preaching cross.
Preaching Cross in Churchyard of Church of St Cynfarch and St Mary
- WRENN ID
- stark-newel-hazel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Denbighshire
- Constituency
- Clwyd East MP: Becky Gittins (Lab)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 19 May 2001
- Type
- Preaching cross
- Address
- Preaching Cross in Churchyard of Church of St Cynfarch and St Mary, Llanfair Dyffryn Clwyd
- OS grid reference
- SJ 134 554
- Coordinates
- 53.08939, -3.29366
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
The Preaching Cross in the churchyard of the Church of St Cynfarch and St Mary dates from 1800. Only the calvary and the lower half metre of the shaft remain. The shaft is set into a base block that stands on two stone steps. A bronze sundial has been attached to the reduced shaft, marked "E[dward] Tavo, fecit, Chester," indicating that Tavo was an instrument maker located on Eastgate Street. The date 1800 is carved into the stone on one side.
Local climate
Preaching Cross in Churchyard of Church of St Cynfarch and St Mary sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 960 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 75% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 60% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 72% of listed buildings. Of these, 21 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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