Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Cross outside RC Church, Llanarth Court
Llanarth, Monmouthshire, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Religious, Ritual and Funerary
- Date of designation
- 15 March 2000
- Locality
- Llanarth
- Town
- Abergavenny
- Community
- Llanarth
- Unitary authority
- Monmouthshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.79002, -2.89956
- Cadw reference
- 22991
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 5 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1636 "Cornubia : Devonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria ..." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Cadw's description
Location
Situated immediately N of the RC church at Llanarth Court.
History
Late C19 or early C20 stone cross incorporating a fine late medieval carved head of unknown provenance, presumably given by the Herbert family of Llanarth Court.
Exterior
Outside cross, sandstone single step base, tapering octagonal pedestal and octagonal shaft, all late C19 or early C20. Late medieval gabled carved head with eroded scene each side. On the S the Virgin and Child, on the N the Crucifixion with SS Mary and John
Reason for designation
Included for fine carved head and for group value with the R.C. church.
Nearby in the register
- Roman Catholic Church of St Mary and St MichaelReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Llanarth CourtEducationunder 1 mi
- Gates and Piers to former N drive to Llanarth CourtGardens, Parks and Urban Spacesunder 1 mi
- Churchyard Cross in Llanarth churchyardReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.