Cross Base and Shaft in the Churchyard About 14 Metres South of the Tower of St Quiricus and St Julietta is a Grade II listed building in the North Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 January 1986. Cross base, shaft.
Cross Base and Shaft in the Churchyard About 14 Metres South of the Tower of St Quiricus and St Julietta
- WRENN ID
- grey-sentry-clover
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Somerset
- Constituency
- North Somerset MP: Sadik Al-Hassan (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 January 1986
- Type
- Cross base, shaft
- OS grid reference
- ST 457 714
- Coordinates
- 51.43921, -2.78162
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The cross base and shaft, located in the churchyard about 14 metres south of the tower of the Church of St. Quiricus and St. Julietta, likely date from the 14th century. It is made of limestone and features a square plinth with an octagonal base for the cross, topped by a polygonal shaft that stands approximately half a metre high.
Local climate
Cross Base and Shaft in the Churchyard About 14 Metres South of the Tower of St Quiricus and St Julietta receives an average of 850 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 58% 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 29 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 68% of listed buildings. Of these, 11 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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