Churchyard Cross 7 Metres South-East of Tower of Church of St Mary is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 June 1986. Churchyard cross.
Churchyard Cross 7 Metres South-East of Tower of Church of St Mary
- WRENN ID
- peeling-remnant-finch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- West Dorset MP: Edward Morello (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 2 June 1986
- Type
- Churchyard cross
- OS grid reference
- ST 596 065
- Coordinates
- 50.85694, -2.5753
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Churchyard Cross, located 7 metres south-east of the tower of the Church of St Mary in Melbury Bubb, dates from the 15th century. It is constructed from Ham stone and features a square stone base. The base of the cross-shaft is 30 cm high and is octagonal in shape, with straight stops that transition to a square at the base.
Local climate
Churchyard Cross 7 Metres South-East 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.
More on this building
Sign in or create a free account to unlock:
- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- No related consent applications matched
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
Matched applications, energy data and sale records are assembled automatically and may contain errors. Flag incorrect data.
Similar buildings
The closest matches to this building from all 493,000 UK listed buildings, by architecture, period and materials.
- 1 Churchyard Cross in the Churchyard About 20m South West of Tower of Church of St Mary
- 2 Churchyard Cross Approximately 2m South of Porch of Church of St Mary
- 3 Churchyard Cross Approximately 4 Metres North of Chancel to Church of St Mary
- 4 Churchyard Cross About 5 Yards South of the Church of St Mary
- 5 Churchyard Cross About 15 Yards South of the Chancel of the Church of St Mary
this building 1 similar nearby listed buildings