Base of Churchyard Cross, Approximately 15 Metres South of Chancel, Church of St Mary is a Grade II listed building in the Cherwell local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 October 1988. A Medieval Cross base.
Base of Churchyard Cross, Approximately 15 Metres South of Chancel, Church of St Mary
- WRENN ID
- night-facade-sedge
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cherwell
- Constituency
- Banbury MP: Sean Woodcock (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 3 October 1988
- Type
- Cross base
- Period
- Medieval
- OS grid reference
- SP 523 316
- Coordinates
- 51.98116, -1.23974
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The base of a churchyard cross, dating from the medieval period, is located approximately 15 metres south of the chancel of the Church of St. Mary on Souldern Church Lane. It features a moulded limestone base that includes a housing for the shaft of the cross.
Local climate
Base of Churchyard Cross, Approximately 15 Metres South of Chancel, 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 78% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 71% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 72% 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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