Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Memorial Cross in Churchyard
Berriew, Powys, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Berriew, Powys, designated on 21 August 1995.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Commemorative
- Date of designation
- 21 August 1995
- Community
- Berriew
- Unitary authority
- Powys
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 52.59925, -3.20074
- Cadw reference
- 16340
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 1795 map "To Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn Bart ... the map of the six counties of North Wales is most humbly inscribed by his obedient humble servant" (Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru – The National Library of Wales).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1795 · To Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn Bart ... the map of the six counties of North Wales is most… (Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru – The National Library of Wales)
- 1883 · Watershed map England, Wales 3. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1899 · 151 Welshpool (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 9 and 10. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1916 · Sheet 60. Shrewsbury. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
On the N side of the church.
History
Erected 1933, and designed by Ninian Comper. Ashlar, in a medieval idiom.
Exterior
Stepped base to chamfered shaft, which carries a tabernacle, with low reliefs in traceried panels, and surmounted by a pinnacle.
Reason for designation
A fine example of memorial sculpture by Comper.
Nearby in the register
- Church of Saint Beuno (aka St Beuno)Religious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- The CottageDomesticunder 1 mi
- Whittingham's StoresCommercialunder 1 mi
- MilepostTransportunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.