Churchyard Cross 10 Metres South-East of Chancel of Church of St Nicholas is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 June 1986. Churchyard cross.
Churchyard Cross 10 Metres South-East of Chancel of Church of St Nicholas
- WRENN ID
- seventh-copper-aspen
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- West Dorset MP: Edward Morello (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 2 June 1986
- Type
- Churchyard cross
- OS grid reference
- ST 622 210
- Coordinates
- 50.98753, -2.53903
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Churchyard Cross, located 10 metres southeast of the chancel of the Church of St Nicholas, dates back to the 16th century. It is made of Ham stone and features a square base with a chamfered octagonal plinth, which has ball-foot stops. The base supports an octagonal shaft that stands approximately 1 metre high.
Local climate
Churchyard Cross 10 Metres South-East of Chancel of Church of St Nicholas receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 57% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 61% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 54% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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