Village Cross 5 Yards East of Banksea Cottages is a Grade II* listed building in the North Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 February 1961. A 15th Century Monument.
Village Cross 5 Yards East of Banksea Cottages
- WRENN ID
- calm-column-moss
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- North Somerset
- Constituency
- Weston-super-Mare MP: Dan Aldridge (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 February 1961
- Type
- Monument
- Period
- 15th Century
- OS grid reference
- ST 366 653
- Coordinates
- 51.38398, -2.91234
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The village cross, located 5 yards east of Banksea Cottages in Wick St Lawrence, dates back to the 15th century. It is constructed from freestone and rubble. The cross features an octagonal calvary supported by five steps, with the first step being particularly high at 3 feet and having a heavy moulded nosing. The octagonal shaft stands on a perpendicular base and is adorned with cusped blind panels. This structure is also a scheduled ancient monument.
Local climate
Village Cross 5 Yards East of Banksea Cottages receives an average of 820 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 72% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 23 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 76% of listed buildings. Of these, 8 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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