St Sampson's Cross, Against Gable of Gatehouse, in Churchyard, Church of St Samptson is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 April 1986. A Medieval Cross. 1 related planning application.

St Sampson's Cross, Against Gable of Gatehouse, in Churchyard, Church of St Samptson

WRENN ID
woven-solder-azure
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Wiltshire
Constituency
South Cotswolds MP: Dr Roz Savage (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
17 April 1986
Type
Cross
Period
Medieval
Address
St Sampson's Cross, Against Gable of Gatehouse, in Churchyard, Church of St Samptson, Bath Road, Cricklade, SN6 6EY
OS grid reference
SU 099 935
Coordinates
51.64093, -1.85784
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

St. Sampson's Cross is a medieval churchyard cross located against the gable of the gatehouse in the churchyard of the Church of St. Sampson. It is made of limestone and features a broken shaft that stands 80 centimeters high. The shaft has stop-chamfered sides and rests on a crude octagonal base.

Local climate

St Sampson's Cross, Against Gable of Gatehouse, in Churchyard, Church of St Samptson receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 57% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 55% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 54% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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