Sarah Elizabeth Jones Memorial Cross in the Churchyard of the Church of St Mary is a Grade II listed building in the Vale of Glamorgan local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 30 September 2004. Memorial.

Sarah Elizabeth Jones Memorial Cross in the Churchyard of the Church of St Mary

WRENN ID
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Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Vale of Glamorgan
Constituency
Vale of Glamorgan MP: Kanishka Narayan (Lab)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
30 September 2004
Type
Memorial
Address
Sarah Elizabeth Jones Memorial Cross in the Churchyard of the Church of St Mary, Penmark, Barry, Rhoose
OS grid reference
ST 058 688
Coordinates
51.41071, -3.35481
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

The Sarah Elizabeth Jones Memorial Cross is a tall Celtic Revival cross made of red sandstone, located in the churchyard of the Church of St Mary. It features a rectangular chamfered block that supports a tapering shaft, which has panelled non-Celtic decoration on the front and inscriptions on the rear. At the top of the shaft is a wheel-head cross in a Celtic style. The memorial is dedicated to Sarah Elizabeth Jones, the wife of Oliver Jones from Fonmon Castle, who passed away in 1869. There is also an inscription for Oliver Jones, who died in 1886 and was responsible for erecting the monument.

Local climate

Sarah Elizabeth Jones Memorial Cross in the Churchyard of the Church of St Mary sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,160 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 89% 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 87% 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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