Church Yard Cross, St Mary's Church, Derwen, Corwen, Denbighshire, Wales, UK
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N 53° 02.735 W 003° 23.299
30U E 473967 N 5877411
Decorated cross of the mid to late fifteenth century, graded a Grade 1 listed monument by CADW, on the grounds of the Medieval Church of St Mary's.
Waymark Code: WMGJ5N
Location: North Wales, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 03/11/2013
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In the churchyard is a Gothic pre-Reformation cross. It consists of an oblong shaft standing on a plain pedestal with a sculptured head. On the north and south sides of the head are single niches, and on the east and west sides are double niches. They all have ogee canopies and contain images which are weathered. The cross is listed Grade II* and is a Scheduled Ancient Monument.
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This category is focused only to original Gothic architecture, not to pseudo-Gothic, neo-Gothic or Gothic Revival. You can not find this kind of architecture outside of "Old World", moreover this architecture appeared in ca XIIth century (early Gothic) and the last buildings are from cca XVIth (late Gothic) century...