Hillerton Cross is a Grade II listed building in the Mid Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 August 1965. A Medieval Cross.

Hillerton Cross

WRENN ID
sleeping-fireplace-starling
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
Medieval
Address
Hillerton Cross, Bow
OS grid reference
SX 719 981
Coordinates
50.76868, -3.81662
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Hillerton Cross is a wayside cross, likely from the 15th century, set on a 20th-century plinth. It is made of granite and stands approximately 3 metres high, facing west on its original socket stone and a 20th-century rubble base. The socket is square in section with worn, rounded top edges. The cross itself is carved from a single piece of granite, with a shaft that tapers slightly towards the top and features chamfered edges with pyramid stops towards the bottom. The arms of the cross are short, and the chamfers continue around them.

Local climate

Hillerton Cross receives an average of 940 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 72% 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 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 65% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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