Remains of Preaching Cross, Church of St. James is a Grade II listed building in the Vale of Glamorgan local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 27 November 1998. Cross.
Remains of Preaching Cross, Church of St. James
- WRENN ID
- vacant-nave-sepia
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Vale of Glamorgan
- Constituency
- Vale of Glamorgan MP: Kanishka Narayan (Lab)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 27 November 1998
- Type
- Cross
- Address
- Remains of Preaching Cross, Church of St. James, Wick
- OS grid reference
- SS 923 721
- Coordinates
- 51.43822, -3.55046
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
The remains of a preaching cross are located at the Church of St. James. The cross shaft stands one-and-a-half stones high and is supported by a pyramidal base. This base is placed on three square steps made of rubble masonry, which have flat coping stones on top.
Local climate
Remains of Preaching Cross, Church of St. James 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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