Churchyard Cross Approximately 15 Metres South of Church of St Lawrence is a Grade II* listed building in the Vale of White Horse local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 February 1966. A C15 Monument.
Churchyard Cross Approximately 15 Metres South of Church of St Lawrence
- WRENN ID
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- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Vale of White Horse
- Constituency
- Oxford West and Abingdon MP: Layla Moran (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 February 1966
- Type
- Monument
- OS grid reference
- SP 495 054
- Coordinates
- 51.74576, -1.28434
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The churchyard cross, located approximately 15 metres south of the Church of St. Lawrence, is a Grade II* listed structure dating from the 15th century. It is made of limestone and features an original shaft that is about two metres tall, set on an octagonal plinth with four steps leading to the base. The cross was drawn by R.C. Buckler around 1820, and this drawing can be found in the Bodleian Library.
Local climate
Churchyard Cross Approximately 15 Metres South of Church of St Lawrence 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 69% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 59% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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