Cross in the Churchyard of the Church of St Thomas a Becket is a Grade II* listed building in the Monmouthshire local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 19 August 1955. House.
Cross in the Churchyard of the Church of St Thomas a Becket
- WRENN ID
- patient-gallery-aspen
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Monmouthshire
- Constituency
- Monmouthshire MP: Catherine Fookes (Lab)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 19 August 1955
- Type
- House
- Address
- Cross in the Churchyard of the Church of St Thomas a Becket, Wolvesnewton, Chepstow, Devauden
- OS grid reference
- ST 454 997
- Coordinates
- 51.69387, -2.79098
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
The cross in the churchyard of the Church of St Thomas a Becket is made of limestone and features a stepped base, a shaft, and a restored head. It has a square base of cut stone with a paved top, which is part of a reconstruction from around 1920. On this base, there are two medieval steps and a reconstructed third step. Above this is a broached socket stone that is medieval, a tall octagonal shaft that is likely also medieval, and a plain chamfered cross from around 1920. The top step includes a relief inscription that serves as a war memorial.
Local climate
Cross in the Churchyard of the Church of St Thomas a Becket 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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