Cross in Churchyard of Church of St. Illtud is a Grade II listed building in the Vale of Glamorgan local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 10 September 1982. Cross.
Cross in Churchyard of Church of St. Illtud
- WRENN ID
- crooked-minaret-nettle
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Vale of Glamorgan
- Constituency
- Vale of Glamorgan MP: Kanishka Narayan (Lab)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 10 September 1982
- Type
- Cross
- Address
- Cross in Churchyard of Church of St. Illtud, Llantwit Major, Cowbridge / Y Bont-Faen
- OS grid reference
- SS 966 687
- Coordinates
- 51.40788, -3.48768
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
The Cross in the churchyard of the Church of St. Illtud is a medieval structure featuring the lower part of the shaft and an octagonal stone base with pyramidal stops. Both the shaft and base are set on six square stone steps that decrease in size as they rise. The crosshead displays a depiction of the Crucifixion on one side and an image of St. Illtyd, the Patron Saint, on the other. An 1830 print by Gastineau illustrates the shaft before it had its canopied head.
Local climate
Cross in Churchyard of Church of St. Illtud 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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