Cross-Base Approximately 60m North of Church of St Michael, Formerly Listed As Remains of Village Cross is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 March 1955. Cross-base.
Cross-Base Approximately 60m North of Church of St Michael, Formerly Listed As Remains of Village Cross
- WRENN ID
- sombre-step-fog
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- North Dorset MP: Simon Hoare (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 March 1955
- Type
- Cross-base
- OS grid reference
- ST 985 114
- Coordinates
- 50.90209, -2.02176
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The cross-base, dating from the medieval period, is located approximately 60 meters north of the Church of St Michael in Gussage St Michael. It is made of stone and features the foot of a shaft that is morticed into the base and secured with lead. The cross-base is set into an earth bank at the roadside, making it not very noticeable.
Local climate
Cross-Base Approximately 60m North of Church of St Michael, Formerly Listed As Remains of Village Cross receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 54% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 70% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 21 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 78% of listed buildings. Of these, 8 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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