Village Cross is a Grade II* listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 January 1956. A C15 Cross.
Village Cross
- WRENN ID
- rusted-merlon-thunder
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- West Dorset MP: Edward Morello (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 January 1956
- Type
- Cross
- Address
- Village Cross, Dorchester Road, Maiden Newton
- OS grid reference
- SY 597 977
- Coordinates
- 50.77755, -2.57271
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Village Cross, located on the north side of Dorchester Road in Maiden Newton, is a significant historical structure dating back to the 15th century. It is made of Lias stone and features a square base with the lower part of a roughly square stem, standing approximately 5 feet high. The shaft of the cross has beaded angles, and on the west face, there are weathered remains of figures that stand on a corbelled projection. This site is recognized as a Scheduled Ancient Monument, designated as Dorset No. 138.
Local climate
Village Cross receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 53% 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 26 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 72% of listed buildings. Of these, 10 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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