Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Cross in the Churchyard of the Church of St Thomas a Becket
Devauden, Monmouthshire, Wales
A Grade II* listed building in Wolvesnewton, Chepstow, Devauden, Monmouthshire, designated on 19 August 1955.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II*
- Broad class
- Religious, Ritual and Funerary
- Date of designation
- 19 August 1955
- Locality
- Wolvesnewton
- Town
- Chepstow
- Community
- Devauden
- Unitary authority
- Monmouthshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.69387, -2.79098
- Cadw reference
- 2024
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)
- 1897 · 250 Chepstow (Outline) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1905 · 250 Chepstow (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1913 · Sheet 102. Newport. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
About 15m south of the church.
History
In origin a medieval cross, probably C15, but reconstructed as a memorial to WWI in c1920.
Exterior
All limestone cross with stepped base, shaft and restored head. The cross has a square base of cut stone with a paved top. This is part of the c1920 reconstruction. On this are two medieval and a reconstructed third step. This carries a broached socket stone which is medieval, a tall octagonal shaft which is probably medieval and a plain chamfered cross of c1920. The top step carries a relief inscription as a war memorial.
Reason for designation
Included and highly graded as a medieval churchyard cross well reconstructed as a memorial to WWI and having group value with the Church of St Thomas a Becket.
Nearby in the register
- St. Thomas a Becket's Churchyard Cross, WolvesnewtonCrossunder 1 mi
- Church of St Thomas a BecketReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Cwrt y Gaer RingworkRingworkunder 1 mi
- Great House FarmhouseAgriculture and Subsistenceunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.