Cross in Churchyard of Church of St. John the Baptist is a Grade II listed building in the Monmouthshire local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 6 December 2005. Cross.
Cross in Churchyard of Church of St. John the Baptist
- WRENN ID
- lunar-bonework-acorn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Monmouthshire
- Constituency
- Monmouthshire MP: Catherine Fookes (Lab)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 6 December 2005
- Type
- Cross
- Address
- Cross in Churchyard of Church of St. John the Baptist, Llanhennock, Newport
- OS grid reference
- ST 353 927
- Coordinates
- 51.62938, -2.93612
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
The cross in the churchyard of the Church of St. John the Baptist is made of red sandstone rubble for the steps, while the rest of the structure is made from dressed stone. It features two square steps with flat paved tops and a medieval broached socket stone. The base stone of the shaft is square and tapering, with broached chamfers. The cross head is of the wheel type.
Local climate
Cross in Churchyard of Church of St. John the Baptist 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 66% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 61% 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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