Preaching cross in St Nicholas' Churchyard is a Grade II listed building in the Swansea local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 19 July 2000. Monument.
Preaching cross in St Nicholas' Churchyard
- WRENN ID
- knotted-portal-onyx
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Swansea
- Constituency
- Gower MP: Tonia Antoniazzi (Lab)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 19 July 2000
- Type
- Monument
- Address
- Preaching cross in St Nicholas' Churchyard, Nicholaston, Ilston
- OS grid reference
- SS 512 884
- Coordinates
- 51.57485, -4.14811
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
The preaching cross in St Nicholas' Churchyard is a stone structure set on a Calvary of three steps, featuring a large plinth block that transitions from square to octagonal. The shaft of the cross is square at the base and changes to octagonal, supporting octagonal cross arms. On the east side, there is a figure of Christ, while the west side has a corresponding bracket with the Virgin and Child.
Local climate
Preaching cross in St Nicholas' Churchyard sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,490 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 98% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 99% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 7 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 95% of listed buildings. Of these, 2 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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