The Butter Cross is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 December 1985. Cross.
The Butter Cross
- WRENN ID
- hollow-storey-tallow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wiltshire
- Constituency
- South Cotswolds MP: Dr Roz Savage (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 December 1985
- Type
- Cross
- Address
- The Butter Cross, Market Place, Castle Combe
- OS grid reference
- ST 841 771
- Coordinates
- 51.49349, -2.22899
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Butter Cross is located in Castle Combe Market Place and dates from the later 19th century, constructed using older masonry. It features two high rubble stone steps that serve as a plinth for the top section, which is made up of a Perpendicular style window head in two blocks, with the area below infilled. This structure is also known as Weavers Steps and is reputedly from a demolished gatehouse that was situated to the north of The Old Rectory. It is said to mark the boundary of the Manor.
Local climate
The Butter Cross receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 52% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 55% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 50% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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