Cross base in Churchyard of Church of St. Brynach is a Grade II listed building in the Vale of Glamorgan local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 30 April 2004. Cross base.

Cross base in Churchyard of Church of St. Brynach

WRENN ID
salt-latch-starling
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Vale of Glamorgan
Constituency
Vale of Glamorgan MP: Kanishka Narayan (Lab)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
30 April 2004
Type
Cross base
Address
Cross base in Churchyard of Church of St. Brynach, Llanfrynach, Cowbridge, Penllyn
OS grid reference
SS 979 745
Coordinates
51.46112, -3.47038
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

The remains of a churchyard cross in the churchyard of the Church of St. Brynach consist of a base made up of three square limestone steps. On top of these steps is a socket stone that features a turned baluster and a crown finial.

Local climate

Cross base in Churchyard of Church of St. Brynach 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 94% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 19 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 80% of listed buildings. Of these, 7 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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