Base of Village Cross About 100 Yards West-North-West of the Church of St Michael is a Grade II listed building in the Herefordshire, County of local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 October 1967. Cross base.
Base of Village Cross About 100 Yards West-North-West of the Church of St Michael
- WRENN ID
- first-portal-jet
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Herefordshire, County of
- Constituency
- North Herefordshire MP: Dr Ellie Chowns (Green)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 October 1967
- Type
- Cross base
- OS grid reference
- SO 297 470
- Coordinates
- 52.11714, -3.0269
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The base of the village cross, located about 100 yards west-north-west of the Church of St Michael, dates back to medieval times. It is constructed from ashlar and features an octagonal base with a moulded upper edge and a square socket designed for the shaft. The base is not fixed in place; instead, it rests on a roughly circular foundation.
Local climate
Base of Village Cross About 100 Yards West-North-West of the Church of St Michael receives an average of 860 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 61% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 58% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 49 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 91% of listed buildings. Of these, 26 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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