Cross in St Sannan churchyard, Bargoed, Caerphilly

Coordinates

Latitude: 51.6952 / 51°41'42"N

Longitude: -3.2076 / 3°12'27"W

OS Eastings: 316631

OS Northings: 200292

OS Grid: SO166002

Mapcode National: GBR HW.4KWJ

Mapcode Global: VH6D7.CN4B

Plus Code: 9C3RMQWR+3X

Entry Name: Cross in St Sannan churchyard

Listing Date: 29 April 2002

Last Amended: 29 April 2002

Grade: II

Source: Cadw

Source ID: 26495

Building Class: Religious, Ritual and Funerary

ID on this website: 300026495

Location: On the S side of the church NW of the lych gate.

County: Caerphilly

Community: Bargoed (Bargod)

Community: Bargoed

Locality: Bedwellty

Traditional County: Monmouthshire

Tagged with: Christian cross

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History

A late medieval churchyard cross modified in 1925 when it was refashioned as a memorial.

Exterior

A short cross shaft on a square base and high stepped coursed-rubble plinth. The base, of conglomerate stone, has moulded corners, and on the E side a panel has been cut in with a memorial inscription to Rees Jones (d. 1925). The short tapering cross shaft is chamfered and is surmounted by a carved cross of 1925.

Reasons for Listing

Listed as a substantially surviving medieval structure and for group value with the church.

External Links

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II* Church of St Sannan
In a large churchyard on the ridge of hill approximately 1.5km NE of Bargoed.
II Aberbargoed war memorial gates
Fronting the road to the SW of Aberbargoed Hospital.
II Argoed Baptist Church
Situated in a raised graveyard at the lower part of the High Street.
II* Hanbury Road Baptist Chapel and Schoolrooms, including gates and gatepiers
Situated in the centre of Bargoed, approximately 150m N of the police station, set back behind small forecourt with railings.
II Bargoed & Gilfach war memorial
Standing within St Gwladys Gardens, having been relocated from Bargoed Park. To SE of St Gwladys Church.
II Former Coach House at Maes Manor
On the NW side of the house.
II Kitchen garden walls, pavilion and terrace at Maes Manor
On the N side of the house.
II Police Court and Police Station, including forecourt walls, gates & railings
Set back from and above the road S of the junction with Cross Street.

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Cross in St Sannan churchyard

A Grade II Listed Building in Bargoed, Caerphilly