Cross Shaft and Base Approximately 25 Metres East of Court Barton Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Mid Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 August 1965. A Middle Ages Cross.
Cross Shaft and Base Approximately 25 Metres East of Court Barton Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- fading-doorway-mallow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Mid Devon
- Constituency
- Central Devon MP: Sir Mel Stride (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 August 1965
- Type
- Cross
- Period
- Middle Ages
- OS grid reference
- SX 822 976
- Coordinates
- 50.76661, -3.67112
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The cross-shaft and base, located approximately 25 metres east of Court Barton Farmhouse, is a late medieval wayside cross. It was moved from a road junction in the 20th century and reset in the wall of Court Barton Farm. Made of granite, this is a Type C cross featuring a plain shaft with chamfered corners, standing about 2 metres high. The shaft is set in a large socket stone base that is square in section and has broached shoulders.
Local climate
Cross Shaft and Base Approximately 25 Metres East of Court Barton Farmhouse receives an average of 910 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 69% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 68% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 28 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 68% of listed buildings. Of these, 11 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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