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

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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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