Base of Village Cross is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 December 1985. A Medieval Village cross base.
Base of Village Cross
- WRENN ID
- nether-frieze-meadow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wiltshire
- Constituency
- South Cotswolds MP: Dr Roz Savage (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 December 1985
- Type
- Village cross base
- Period
- Medieval
- Address
- Base of Village Cross, North Wraxall
- OS grid reference
- ST 802 744
- Coordinates
- 51.46885, -2.28514
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The base of the village cross is a medieval structure consisting of three steps made from ashlar blocks. The lower step features a raised chamfered plinth along its upper edge.
Local climate
Base of Village Cross receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 54% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 57% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 63% 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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