Cross in the Churchyard of the Church of St Curig is a Grade II listed building in the Vale of Glamorgan local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 30 September 2004. Cross.
Cross in the Churchyard of the Church of St Curig
- WRENN ID
- stony-wall-grain
- 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
- Cross
- Address
- Cross in the Churchyard of the Church of St Curig, Porthkerry, Barry, Rhoose
- OS grid reference
- ST 082 666
- Coordinates
- 51.39101, -3.32015
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
The churchyard cross at the Church of St Curig is made of limestone ashlar and rubble. It features a tall polygonal shaft with broach stops and a heavily worn head depicting the Virgin and child. The cross is set in a square socket stone that also has broach stops, and it stands on a base consisting of four square steps.
Local climate
Cross in the Churchyard of the Church of St Curig sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,090 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 92% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 17 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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