Public Monument and Sculpture Association National Recording Project
The City Cross Photograph
Region ID | AH | |
Work ID | 409 | |
Manual Reference | CARDIFF051 | |
Title | The City Cross | |
Date of design | ||
Year of unveiling | 1897 | |
Unveiling details | 1897 | |
Road | The Green | |
Precise Location | Towards east end of The Green; near statue of Archdeacon Buckley | |
A to Z Ref | 20 6C | |
OS Ref | ||
Postcode | ||
Work is | Extant | |
Listing Status | II | |
Duty of Care | ||
Commissioned by | Llandaff Parish Council | |
Notes | ||
Restored medieval cross on stepped square stone plinth. | ||
Medieval city cross restored (only original shaft remains) in 1897 to mark Queen Victoria's Jubilee. | ||
circa | ||
raw year | 1897 | |
Condition | Good | |
At risk | No known risk | |
Inscriptions | Incised into one side of base: The City Cross was reset, and the Green partially / enclosed at the public cost, by the Llandaff Parish Council, / in the year of our Lord 1897, being the Sixtieth year of / the Reign of Her Majesty Queen Victoria. / James R. Buckley, Chairman. | |
Signatures | ||
Elements
Element Details
Part of work | Material | Dimensions |
|---|---|---|
Cross | Stone | 213cm high approx |
Base | Stone | 26cm high approx |
Steps | Stone | 91cm high approx |
Assessment of Condition
Surface Character
Detail | Comment |
|---|---|
Biological growth | Lichen on cross |
Structural Condition
Structural Condition | Comment |
|---|---|
Other | Good condition |
Vandalism
Vandalism | Comment |
|---|---|
None | |
