Cross, The Grist is a Grade II listed building in the Carmarthenshire local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 25 September 1986. Cross.

Cross, The Grist

WRENN ID
upper-footing-sable
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Carmarthenshire
Constituency
Caerfyrddin MP: Ann Davies (PC)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
25 September 1986
Type
Cross
Address
Cross, The Grist, Laugharne Township
OS grid reference
SN 300 107
Coordinates
51.76934, -4.46427
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

The Grist is a stone Celtic crucifix set on a rubble drum base, featuring rope ornamentation. The base has a plaque inscribed with "This New Cross was placed on the Old base 1911, G Williams, Sculptor, Laugharne," and it is stamped with the badge of Laugharne Corporation.

Local climate

Cross, The Grist sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,250 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 93% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 95% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 16 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 84% of listed buildings. Of these, 6 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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