Churchyard Cross at Church of St Canna is a Grade I listed building in the Vale of Glamorgan local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 22 July 2003. A Mediaeval Cross.

Churchyard Cross at Church of St Canna

WRENN ID
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Grade
I
Local Planning Authority
Vale of Glamorgan
Constituency
Vale of Glamorgan MP: Kanishka Narayan (Lab)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
22 July 2003
Type
Cross
Address
Churchyard Cross at Church of St Canna, Llangan, Cowbridge / Y Bont-Faen
OS grid reference
SS 957 778
Coordinates
51.48961, -3.5029
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

The Churchyard Cross at the Church of St Canna is a medieval cross made of limestone. It features a polygonal shaft topped with a carved tabernacle head, and it stands on a square socket that is set on a base of four square steps. The crosshead displays carvings of the Crucifixion on the west face and a Pieta on the east face, with two figures of saints on the other sides.

Local climate

Churchyard Cross at Church of St Canna 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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