Cross in St James's Churchyard is a Grade II listed building in the Monmouthshire local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 19 October 2000. Cross.
Cross in St James's Churchyard
- WRENN ID
- gilded-tin-curlew
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Monmouthshire
- Constituency
- Monmouthshire MP: Catherine Fookes (Lab)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 19 October 2000
- Type
- Cross
- Address
- Cross in St James's Churchyard, Llangua, Abergavenny, Grosmont
- OS grid reference
- SO 389 257
- Coordinates
- 51.92672, -2.88897
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
The Cross in St James's Churchyard is a medieval churchyard cross made of red sandstone with a cement rendered shaft. It stands approximately 2 meters high and features a square base with two tiers of steps. The base leads to a square socket stone that transitions into an octagonal shape, supporting a tapering square shaft. The shaft has been restored in the 20th century.
Local climate
Cross in St James's Churchyard receives an average of 890 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 65% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 61% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 45 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 87% of listed buildings. Of these, 22 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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