Churchyard Cross 4.5 Metres to South of Tower of Church of St Michael is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 June 1969. Churchyard cross.
Churchyard Cross 4.5 Metres to South of Tower of Church of St Michael
- WRENN ID
- vacant-cobble-rush
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- North Cornwall MP: Ben Maguire (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 6 June 1969
- Type
- Churchyard cross
- OS grid reference
- SW 936 753
- Coordinates
- 50.54147, -4.91317
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The churchyard cross, located 4.5 meters south of the tower of the Church of St. Michael, dates from the late 12th century. It is made of granite and features a wheelhead design on a short section of shaft. The head displays a raised pathe cross on both faces, with the arms connected by a raised rim and the panels within the arms pierced. A short section of the roll-moulded shaft remains, though it is partly buried in the ground. The overall height of the cross is 1.1 meters, with a thickness of 0.3 meters and a wheelhead diameter of 0.8 meters. The cross has been moved from its original position to the west of the church.
Local climate
Churchyard Cross 4.5 Metres to South of Tower of Church of St Michael sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 990 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 79% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 91% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 7 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 94% of listed buildings. Of these, 3 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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