Memorial Cross to John Samer, in the Churchyard to the North of St James' Church is a Grade II listed building in the Bath and North East Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 August 1984. Memorial cross.

Memorial Cross to John Samer, in the Churchyard to the North of St James' Church

WRENN ID
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Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Bath and North East Somerset
Constituency
Frome and East Somerset MP: Anna Sabine (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
14 August 1984
Type
Memorial cross
OS grid reference
ST 746 612
Coordinates
51.34963, -2.36557
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The memorial cross to Captain John Samer, who died in 1916, is located in the churchyard to the north of St. James' Church. Designed in a late medieval style, the cross is made of ashlar stone. It features an octagonal base consisting of three steps and a chamfered octagonal shaft that is supported by a square plinth with stop-chamfered edges. The head of the cross is finely carved, adorned with pinnacles and relief panels depicting the crucifixion on the east side and a saint on the west side.

Local climate

Memorial Cross to John Samer, in the Churchyard to the North of St James' Church 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 71% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 55% 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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