Base of A Cross in the Churchyard About 10 Metres West of Tower of Church of St Mewan is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 December 1988. A Medieval Monument.
Base of A Cross in the Churchyard About 10 Metres West of Tower of Church of St Mewan
- WRENN ID
- broken-rood-khaki
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- St Austell and Newquay MP: Noah Law (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 December 1988
- Type
- Monument
- Period
- Medieval
- OS grid reference
- SW 998 518
- Coordinates
- 50.33243, -4.81426
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The base of a cross, likely from the medieval period, is located about 10 metres west of the tower of the Church of St Mewan. This granite monolith is roughly hewn and has a square plan, featuring a socket at the top for the shaft of the cross.
Local climate
Base of A Cross in the Churchyard About 10 Metres West of Tower of Church of St Mewan receives an average of 960 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 74% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 86% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 10 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 91% of listed buildings. Of these, 4 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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