Churchyard Cross Approximately 7 Metres South of Porch, Church of St Mary is a Grade II listed building in the Cherwell local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 October 1988. Churchyard cross.

Churchyard Cross Approximately 7 Metres South of Porch, Church of St Mary

WRENN ID
stony-buttress-thrush
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cherwell
Constituency
Bicester and Woodstock MP: Calum Miller (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
3 October 1988
Type
Churchyard cross
OS grid reference
SP 587 310
Coordinates
51.97483, -1.14632
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The churchyard cross, located approximately 7 meters south of the porch of the Church of St. Mary, is a medieval structure consisting of a base and a fragment of a shaft. It features a stepped plinth made of ironstone with a limestone base, and the remaining shaft is about 3 feet tall.

Local climate

Churchyard Cross Approximately 7 Metres South of Porch, Church of St Mary sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 79% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 74% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 70% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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