Churchyard Cross 7 Metres North-West of Tower of Church of St Mary. is a Grade I listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 July 1961. A Late C15 Cross.
Churchyard Cross 7 Metres North-West of Tower of Church of St Mary.
- WRENN ID
- kindled-roof-pearl
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- West Dorset MP: Edward Morello (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 31 July 1961
- Type
- Cross
- OS grid reference
- ST 587 142
- Coordinates
- 50.92657, -2.58869
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Churchyard Cross, located 7 metres north-west of the tower of the Church of St Mary, is a Grade I listed structure from the late 15th century, made of Ham stone. It features two high-stepped octagonal plinths with moulded edges. Above these is an octagonal pedestal adorned with panelled angle-piers, a moulded edge, and quatrefoiled panels on its four main faces, which enclose shields, a patera, and an angel holding a scroll. The cross has an octagonal tapering shaft that displays weathered figures on the east and west faces, depicting the Virgin and Child, and a man, possibly St John the Baptist. These figures are set on brackets with trefoiled canopies. There are dowel-holes on the north and south faces, along with remains of a canopy on the south face.
Local climate
Churchyard Cross 7 Metres North-West of Tower of Church of St Mary. receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 54% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 65% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 64% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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