Remains of churchyard cross in St Mary's churchyard is a Grade II listed building in the Caerphilly local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 22 October 1999. Monument.
Remains of churchyard cross in St Mary's churchyard
- WRENN ID
- muted-stair-bone
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Caerphilly
- Constituency
- Newport West and Islwyn MP: Ruth Jones (Lab)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 22 October 1999
- Type
- Monument
- Address
- Remains of churchyard cross in St Mary's churchyard, Risca
- OS grid reference
- ST 236 911
- Coordinates
- 51.61398, -3.10418
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
The remains of a churchyard cross are located in St Mary's churchyard. The structure includes a socket stone with chamfered angles, and part of the shaft, which is broached at the base.
Local climate
Remains of churchyard cross in St Mary's churchyard sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,000 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 80% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 77% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 56% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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