Churchyard Cross, Church of St Bridget is a Grade II listed building in the Vale of Glamorgan local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 3 March 1999. Monument. 1 related planning application.
Churchyard Cross, Church of St Bridget
- WRENN ID
- sheer-string-tallow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Vale of Glamorgan
- Constituency
- Vale of Glamorgan MP: Kanishka Narayan (Lab)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 3 March 1999
- Type
- Monument
- Address
- Churchyard Cross, Church of St Bridget, St Brides Major, St. Bride's Major
- OS grid reference
- SS 894 750
- Coordinates
- 51.46326, -3.59305
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
The churchyard cross at the Church of St Bridget is a stone structure set on a large platform with six steps. The steps are capped with heavy flagstones that have moulded edges. The base of the cross is square and features deeply chamfered top angles. The shaft is polygonal and tapers, with broach stops, and it is topped by an orb that has mouldings and small foliate bosses on the underside.
Local climate
Churchyard Cross, Church of St Bridget sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,190 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 91% 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 18 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 83% 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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- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2022
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
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