Cross at Church of St Nicholas is a Grade II listed building in the Vale of Glamorgan local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 30 May 1975. House.
Cross at Church of St Nicholas
- WRENN ID
- leaning-groin-furze
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Vale of Glamorgan
- Constituency
- Vale of Glamorgan MP: Kanishka Narayan (Lab)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 30 May 1975
- Type
- House
- Address
- Cross at Church of St Nicholas, Barry
- OS grid reference
- ST 104 669
- Coordinates
- 51.3943, -3.28853
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
The cross at the Church of St Nicholas is a 15th-century base that was restored in 1894, with a new cross added. The base is octagonal and is set on a stepped platform. The 19th-century cross features a tapering octagonal shaft and head, adorned with fleur-de-lys reliefs. It also has a plate with the inscription: "To the glory of God and in loving memory of Frederick and Elizabeth Romilly this ancient cross is restored by their surviving sons and daughters 1894."
Local climate
Cross at Church of St Nicholas 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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