Churchyard Cross 20 Metres West of Tower is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 October 1987. Monument.
Churchyard Cross 20 Metres West of Tower
- WRENN ID
- steep-timber-gold
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- Mid Dorset and North Poole MP: Vikki Slade (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 30 October 1987
- Type
- Monument
- OS grid reference
- ST 950 003
- Coordinates
- 50.80297, -2.07141
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The churchyard cross located 20 metres west of the tower in Sturminster Marshall dates from the 14th century and was modified around 1900. It is made of stone and features an octagonal base that transitions to a square shape. It is said to have originated from Spettisbury and is topped by a cross from around 1900.
Local climate
Churchyard Cross 20 Metres West of Tower 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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- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2014
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