Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Base of churchyard cross in St Mellons churchyard
Old St. Mellons, Cardiff, Wales
A Grade II listed building in St Mellons, Cardiff, Old St. Mellons, designated on 10 June 1977.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Religious, Ritual and Funerary
- Date of designation
- 10 June 1977
- Locality
- St Mellons
- Town
- Cardiff
- Community
- Old St. Mellons
- Unitary authority
- Cardiff
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.52580, -3.11337
- Cadw reference
- 13864
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1636 map "Cornubia : Devonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria ..." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1636 · Cornubia : Devonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria ... (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1865 · England and Wales. England No. 6. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1895 · Sheet 11. Ordnance Survey of England and Wales. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1898 · 263 Cardiff (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1913 · Sheet 110. Cardiff & Mouth of the Severn. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
In the SE corner of the churchyard near the foot of the slope.
History
Later medieval.
Exterior
Weathered octagonal stone shaft about one metre high, broached and stopped on four sides at its base; square socket stone.
Reason for designation
Included as a vestigial medieval churchyard cross for group value with the church and other listed items in St Mellons churchyard.
Nearby in the register
- St Mellons Churchyard CrossCrossunder 1 mi
- Memorial to Joseph Benjamin Hemingway in St Mellons churchyardCommemorativeunder 1 mi
- Church of St MellonReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- The White Hart PHCommercialunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.