Cross Base in St Mary's Churchyard 40 Metres South West of Tower is a Grade II listed building in the Great Yarmouth local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 December 1987. A Medieval Cross base.

Cross Base in St Mary's Churchyard 40 Metres South West of Tower

WRENN ID
plain-string-pearl
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Great Yarmouth
Constituency
Great Yarmouth MP: Rupert Lowe (RB)
Country
England
Date first listed
4 December 1987
Type
Cross base
Period
Medieval
OS grid reference
TG 493 173
Coordinates
52.69654, 1.68951
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The cross base located in St. Mary's churchyard, 40 meters southwest of the tower, dates from the 14th century and is made of limestone. It features a square stone with stop angles, and above these stop angles, the stone is chamfered to an octagonal shape. There is a square central socket at the top of the cross base.

Local climate

Cross Base in St Mary's Churchyard 40 Metres South West of Tower receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 59% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 76% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 6 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 96% of listed buildings. Of these, 4 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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