Offwell Village Cross is a Grade II listed building in the East Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 March 1988. Cross.
Offwell Village Cross
- WRENN ID
- narrow-sandstone-bittern
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Devon
- Constituency
- Honiton and Sidmouth MP: Richard Foord (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 8 March 1988
- Type
- Cross
- OS grid reference
- SY 195 996
- Coordinates
- 50.79064, -3.14294
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Offwell Village Cross is a cross shaft and plinth from the early 19th century, erected by the Reverend E. Copleston, who was the Bishop of Llandaff and Dean of St. Paul's. It is made of granite ashlar. The cross shaft features vaguely Celtic-looking decoration and has a small niche on the front (south) side. It is set on a slightly tapering plinth made of rusticated granite. An inscription around the plinth reads: "Cruwys and Copplestones when the Conqueror came were at home." This cross is a copy of the 10th-century Copplestones Cross, which is located on the main Exeter to North Devon road at the junction of the parishes of Crediton Hamlets, Down St Mary, and Colebrooke. While the size is similar, the carving on this cross is not accurate.
Local climate
Offwell Village Cross receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 60% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 70% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 25 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 73% of listed buildings. Of these, 9 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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