Churchyard Cross, 3 Metres South of Nave, Church of St John the Baptist is a Grade II listed building in the Bath and North East Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 January 1986. Churchyard cross.
Churchyard Cross, 3 Metres South of Nave, Church of St John the Baptist
- WRENN ID
- sharp-moat-cobweb
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bath and North East Somerset
- Constituency
- North East Somerset and Hanham MP: Dan Norris (Ind)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 January 1986
- Type
- Churchyard cross
- OS grid reference
- ST 635 557
- Coordinates
- 51.29928, -2.52469
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Churchyard Cross, located 3 metres south of the nave of the Church of St. John the Baptist, dates back to the 14th century and is made of limestone. It features three steps leading up to a tall base block that supports a broken shaft, which stands 1.5 metres high. The shaft is octagonal and develops from a square base.
Local climate
Churchyard Cross, 3 Metres South of Nave, Church of St John the Baptist receives an average of 880 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 64% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 72% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 59% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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