Churchyard cross at the Church of Saint Michael and All Angels is a Grade II listed building in the Torfaen local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 1 May 1951. Monument.

Churchyard cross at the Church of Saint Michael and All Angels

WRENN ID
iron-pavement-swallow
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Torfaen
Constituency
Torfaen MP: Nick Thomas-Symonds (Lab)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
1 May 1951
Type
Monument
Address
Churchyard cross at the Church of Saint Michael and All Angels, Llantarnam, Cwmbran
OS grid reference
ST 306 931
Coordinates
51.63279, -3.00276
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

The churchyard cross at the Church of Saint Michael and All Angels features a square base with rounded spurs at the upper angles. The shaft is square at the base and transitions to an octagonal shape. At the top, there is a late 19th-century cap that supports a large ringed cross. The cross is accessed by four renewed rubble stone steps, which have flagstone treads and include some reused memorial stones.

Local climate

Churchyard cross at the Church of Saint Michael and All Angels receives an average of 930 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 71% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 72% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 55% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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