Base of Churchyard Cross 30 Metres South of the Tower of Church of St John the Baptist is a Grade II listed building in the Mid Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 January 1988. Cross base.
Base of Churchyard Cross 30 Metres South of the Tower of Church of St John the Baptist
- WRENN ID
- pitched-pilaster-thrush
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Mid Suffolk
- Constituency
- Bury St Edmunds and Stowmarket MP: Dr Peter Prinsley (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 January 1988
- Type
- Cross base
- OS grid reference
- TM 016 593
- Coordinates
- 52.19537, 0.94943
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The base of a churchyard cross, likely from the 15th century, is located 30 meters south of the tower of the Church of St. John the Baptist. It is made of limestone and measures approximately 1.0 meter square at the base and about 0.5 meters high, tapering to an octagonal shape. Each of the four faces features a sunk quatrefoil within a square. At each corner, there is the base of a square buttress. The top of the base is splayed, and it has an octagonal depression for the shaft; however, the north face and the depression are damaged.
Local climate
Base of Churchyard Cross 30 Metres South of the Tower of Church of St John the Baptist sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 86% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 93% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 50% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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