Langford Cross is a Grade II listed building in the Mid Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 November 1986. Cross.

Langford Cross

WRENN ID
lesser-mortar-grain
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Mid Devon
Constituency
Central Devon MP: Sir Mel Stride (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
20 November 1986
Type
Cross
Address
Langford Cross, Station Road, Bow
OS grid reference
SS 722 012
Coordinates
50.79685, -3.81449
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Langford Cross is a wayside cross dating from the 15th century, featuring a 20th-century head and arms, and set on a 20th-century base. Made of granite, the Latin cross stands approximately 2.5 meters high and faces north. It has a 20th-century octagonal plinth. The socket stone is square at the base with corner shoulders and becomes octagonal above, topped with a chamfered edge. The original shaft is slightly tapering, square at the base, with chamfered edges above and small cushion stops. It is said that the shaft was discovered in Bow Village, where it had been used in a pavement.

Local climate

Langford 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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