Wayside Cross is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 June 1953. Monument. 1 related planning application.

Wayside Cross

WRENN ID
hushed-jamb-swallow
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Dorset
Constituency
North Dorset MP: Simon Hoare (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
26 June 1953
Type
Monument
Address
Wayside Cross, Tarrant Crawford, DT11 9HY
OS grid reference
ST 923 027
Coordinates
50.82392, -2.11054
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Wayside Cross is a 15th-century stone cross located in Tarrant Crawford. It features a stone shaft set in a square stone plinth, which is mounted on a 20th-century base. The cross head is also from the 20th century.

Local climate

Wayside Cross receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 64% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 68% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 15 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 86% of listed buildings. Of these, 5 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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