Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Remains of Preaching Cross, Church of St. James
Wick, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Wick, Vale of Glamorgan, designated on 27 November 1998.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Religious, Ritual and Funerary
- Date of designation
- 27 November 1998
- Locality
- Wick
- Community
- Wick
- Unitary authority
- Vale of Glamorgan
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.43822, -3.55045
- Cadw reference
- 20975
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)
- 1637 · The fourth table of England. Cornub. Devonia, Somerset etc. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1865 · England and Wales. England No. 6. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1897 · 262 Pontypridd (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1897 · 262 Pontypridd (Outline) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
Located in the Churchayrd to the S of the Church of St James.
History
Medieval preaching cross.
Exterior
The remains of a shaft, one-and-a-half-stones high, survive on a pyramidal base. The base is set on 3 square steps of rubble masonry with flat coping stones.
Reason for designation
Listed as the substantial remains of a medieval preaching cross and notwithstanding the loss of the upper parts of its shaft.
Group value with the Church of St. James.
Nearby in the register
- Church of St. JamesReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Lamb CottageDomesticunder 1 mi
- Bluebell CottageDomesticunder 1 mi
- Primrose CottageDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.