Village Cross is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. War memorial.
Village Cross
- WRENN ID
- floating-cellar-pine
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wiltshire
- Constituency
- Melksham and Devizes MP: Brian Mathew (LD)
- Country
- England
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Village Cross, Bulkington
- OS grid reference
- ST 943 583
- Coordinates
- 51.32399, -2.08301
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The village cross and war memorial in Bulkington is a notable structure that dates back to the late medieval period, with the cross itself commemorating the 1914-18 war. It is made of limestone and features a large four-step circular plinth that supports a square chamfered base with chamfered and moulded corners. On the north side of the base, there is a stone plaque recording the war memorial. At the top of the structure is a cross made of Portland stone.
Local climate
Village Cross receives an average of 850 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 59% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 61% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more 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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