Crossbase Approx 90m South-East of the Abbey Church is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 July 1955. Crossbase.
Crossbase Approx 90m South-East of the Abbey Church
- WRENN ID
- burning-buttress-rowan
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- North Dorset MP: Simon Hoare (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 July 1955
- Type
- Crossbase
- OS grid reference
- ST 799 022
- Coordinates
- 50.81959, -2.28603
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The crossbase located approximately 90 meters southeast of the Abbey Church in Milton Abbas is a Grade II listed structure. It is the remains of a former town market cross, likely dating back to the medieval period. The crossbase features an octagonal stone base with a socket for a shaft. This site is referenced in the Royal Commission on Historical Monuments as Monument 20 in Dorset, Volume III.
Local climate
Crossbase Approx 90m South-East of the Abbey Church receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 52% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 69% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 19 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 80% of listed buildings. Of these, 7 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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