Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Cross in Churchyard of Church of St Giles
St. Athan, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Religious, Ritual and Funerary
- Date of designation
- 3 September 2004
- Locality
- Gileston
- Town
- Barry
- Community
- St. Athan
- Unitary authority
- Vale of Glamorgan
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.39413, -3.41294
- Cadw reference
- 83116
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
On the south side of the Church of St Giles.
History
Likely to be late C15 in origin but probably completely reconstructed at restoration in 1900 with the medieval material being reused to a considerable degree.
Exterior
Built of limestone, but the steps are different from the socket stone and shaft. Four diminishing square steps with lips, of which the bottom one looks like the most renewed. Plain socket stone; tapering shaft going from square to octagonal and carrying a knop head, above this a small C20 cross.
Reason for designation
Included for its special historic interest and its group value with the Church of St. Giles and Gileston Manor.
Nearby in the register
- Church of St GilesReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Garden Walls along roadside at Gileston ManorDomesticunder 1 mi
- Gileston ManorDomesticunder 1 mi
- Cheesehouse at Gileston ManorDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.