Cross in St Govan's churchyard is a Grade II listed building in the Monmouthshire local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 31 January 2001. Cross.
Cross in St Govan's churchyard
- WRENN ID
- stony-slate-bistre
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Monmouthshire
- Constituency
- Monmouthshire MP: Catherine Fookes (Lab)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 31 January 2001
- Type
- Cross
- Address
- Cross in St Govan's churchyard, Llangoven, Monmouth, Mitchel Troy
- OS grid reference
- SO 456 054
- Coordinates
- 51.74532, -2.78821
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
The Cross in St Govan's churchyard is a stone preaching cross dating from the high medieval period. It features a base made up of five steps, with an early 20th-century weathered inscription carved into the third step that notes its restoration in 1903. The square medieval cross-base is broached to an octagonal shape, with the broaches having a curved keel profile. The early 20th-century cross, made from Forest of Dean stone, has a tapering octagonal shaft with a broached foot, a carved capital, and relief sculptures on each side framed in cinquefoil cusps. The west face depicts the Crucifixion, while the east face shows St Govan, who is crowned and holding a model of a church. The cross is topped with an ogee crocketted design.
Local climate
Cross in St Govan's churchyard receives an average of 860 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 60% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 62% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 40 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 77% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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