Churchyard cross at the Church of St Michael is a Grade II listed building in the Newport local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 1 March 1963. Monument.

Churchyard cross at the Church of St Michael

WRENN ID
gilded-nave-wind
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Newport
Constituency
Newport West and Islwyn MP: Ruth Jones (Lab)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
1 March 1963
Type
Monument
Address
Churchyard cross at the Church of St Michael, Lower Machen, Graig
OS grid reference
ST 227 880
Coordinates
51.58614, -3.11576
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

The churchyard cross at the Church of St Michael features a square base with a steep chamfer at the top, which supports the lowest section of the shaft that is square at the bottom and transitions to an octagonal shape. The cross is set on two renewed rubble stone steps.

Local climate

Churchyard cross at the Church of St Michael sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,000 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 80% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 77% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 56% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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