Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Sarah Elizabeth Jones Memorial Cross in the Churchyard of the Church of St Mary
Rhoose, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Religious, Ritual and Funerary
- Date of designation
- 30 September 2004
- Locality
- Penmark
- Town
- Barry
- Community
- Rhoose
- Unitary authority
- Vale of Glamorgan
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.41071, -3.35480
- Cadw reference
- 83161
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 east side of the Church of St Mary.
History
This is an early example of Celtic Revival design in Wales and probably dates from immediately after the recorded death in 1869. The form of the cross is Celtic but the decoration is not.
Exterior
Tall Celtic Revival cross carved in red sandstone. Rectangular chamfered block carries a tapering shaft with panelled non-Celtic decoration on the front and inscriptions on the rear. The shaft carries a wheel-head cross of Celtic form. The inscription is to Sarah Elizabeth Jones, wife of Oliver Jones of Fonmon Castle. She died in 1869. Further inscription to Oliver Jones, died 1886, who erected the monument.
Reason for designation
Included for its interest as an early example of Celtic Revival and for its group value within the churchyard of the Church of St Mary.
Nearby in the register
- Memorial to John and Mary Jenkins in Churchyard of Church of St MaryReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Casberd Family Tomb in the Churchyard of the Church of St MaryReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Cross in Churchyard at Church of St MaryReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Church of St MaryReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.