Base of cross shaft in church yard at Church of St Michael is a Grade II listed building in the Brecon Beacons National Park local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 21 October 1998. Cross shaft base.
Base of cross shaft in church yard at Church of St Michael
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- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Brecon Beacons National Park
- Constituency
- Brecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe MP: David Chadwick (LD)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 21 October 1998
- Type
- Cross shaft base
- Address
- Base of cross shaft in church yard at Church of St Michael, Cwmdu, Llanfihangel Cwmdu with Bwlch and Cathedine, Powys
- OS grid reference
- SO 180 238
- Coordinates
- 51.90694, -3.19256
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
The base of the cross shaft in the churchyard at the Church of St Michael is square and features broach stops at the angles, where it transitions to an octagonal shape to support the former cross shaft. It stands on a 19th-century stepped plinth made of hammer-dressed stone. Above the base is the shaft of a sundial, which is also square in plan and includes chamfers and broach stops, culminating in an octagonal top. However, the dial and gnomon are currently missing.
Local climate
Base of cross shaft in church yard at Church of St Michael sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,100 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 87% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 74% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 54 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 94% of listed buildings. Of these, 30 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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