Churchyard Cross About 20 Yards South of the Tower of the Church of the Nativty of the Blessed Virgin Mary is a Grade II* listed building in the Herefordshire, County of local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 January 1962. A Medieval Church, cross.

Churchyard Cross About 20 Yards South of the Tower of the Church of the Nativty of the Blessed Virgin Mary

WRENN ID
strange-string-thunder
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
Herefordshire, County of
Constituency
Hereford and South Herefordshire MP: Jesse Norman (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
26 January 1962
Type
Church, cross
Period
Medieval
OS grid reference
SO 419 387
Coordinates
52.04366, -2.84746
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This churchyard cross, located about 20 yards south of the tower of the Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, is likely from the 14th century. It features a sandstone ashlar step with a square base that rises to an octagonal chamfered top, which has a semi-circular headed niche on the west side. The tapered octagonal shaft has stops that run into the square base. Above the cross, there is a gable carved with the Crucifixion on the east face and an eroded depiction of the Virgin and Child on the west face.

Local climate

Churchyard Cross About 20 Yards South of the Tower of the Church of the Nativty of the Blessed Virgin Mary receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 52% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 54% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 44 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 85% of listed buildings. Of these, 21 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.

Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.

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