Nicholl-Carne Memorial Cross in Churchyard of Church of St Donat is a Grade II listed building in the Vale of Glamorgan local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 19 January 2005. Monument. 2 related planning applications.

Nicholl-Carne Memorial Cross in Churchyard of Church of St Donat

WRENN ID
stranded-groin-fern
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Vale of Glamorgan
Constituency
Vale of Glamorgan MP: Kanishka Narayan (Lab)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
19 January 2005
Type
Monument
Address
Nicholl-Carne Memorial Cross in Churchyard of Church of St Donat, St Donats, Cowbridge / Y Bont-Faen, St. Donats
OS grid reference
SS 933 680
Coordinates
51.40168, -3.53461
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

The Nicholl-Carne Memorial Cross, located in the churchyard of the Church of St Donat, is a memorial constructed of limestone, likely from Portland stone. It is designed in a 15th-century style and features a square socket stone supported by two square steps. The lower step is larger and has a moulded rim with vermiculated faces. The socket stone is inscribed in memory of Mary Anne Nicholl-Carne, who died in 1879. The cross shaft transitions from a square base to a round top, adorned with a leaf capital, and is carved from a single piece of stone. At the top, it holds an open lantern that contains a plain cross.

Local climate

Nicholl-Carne Memorial Cross in Churchyard of Church of St Donat sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,170 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 90% 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 13 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 88% of listed buildings. Of these, 5 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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