Churchyard Cross 10 Metres to South of Church of St Michael is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 December 1962. Churchyard cross.

Churchyard Cross 10 Metres to South of Church of St Michael

WRENN ID
sacred-hammer-owl
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cornwall
Constituency
North Cornwall MP: Ben Maguire (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
17 December 1962
Type
Churchyard cross
OS grid reference
SX 130 902
Coordinates
50.68217, -4.64745
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The churchyard cross, located 10 metres south of the Church of St Michael in Lesnewth, is a medieval structure made of granite. It features a wheel head with a raised Maltese cross on the east side, while the west side is defaced. The granite shaft was recorded in the 19th century as modern. The wheel head was recovered from the ground east of the churchyard in 1872 and restored. Historian Sir J. Maclean suggests that the original shaft may stand at Waterpit Down, approximately 200 metres to the west of Hallwell Barton Bungalow in Forrabury and Minster.

Local climate

Churchyard Cross 10 Metres to South of Church of St Michael sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,050 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 85% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 92% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 13 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 88% of listed buildings. Of these, 5 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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