Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Cross in Bettws Newydd Churchyard
Llanarth, Monmouthshire, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Bettws Newydd, Usk, Llanarth, Monmouthshire, designated on 9 January 1956.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Religious, Ritual and Funerary
- Date of designation
- 9 January 1956
- Locality
- Bettws Newydd
- Town
- Usk
- Community
- Llanarth
- Unitary authority
- Monmouthshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.74780, -2.92522
- Cadw reference
- 1963
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)
- 1895 · Sheet 11. Ordnance Survey of England and Wales. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1898 · 232 Abergavenny (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1898 · 232 Abergavenny (Outline) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1913 · Sheet 102. Newport. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
Situated in churchyard to S of Bettws Newydd church.
History
Medieval churchyard cross, the steps and base original, the cross replaced in 1879 in memory of Julia Stretton of Brynderwen, d 1878.
Exterior
Churchyard Cross. Medieval steps and single stone base. Three high steps, square plan, including single massive NE block on second step. Base has unusual tracery panels, much eroded, a quatrefoil to S, two quatrefoils to E, a cross to N. 1879 cross is of Forest of Dean stone, chamfered with broach stops.
Reason for designation
Included as a substantial medieval cross base with renewed cross, of group value with an outstanding church.
Nearby in the register
- Bettws Newydd Churchyard Cross-BaseCrossunder 1 mi
- Bettws Newydd ChurchReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Mounting block at entry to Bettws Newydd churchyardTransportunder 1 mi
- Former Coach House at Bettws LodgeDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.