Cross Base and Cross Circa 8 Metres South of South Porch of Church of Hieritha is a Grade II listed building in the North Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 January 1988. A Medieval Cross, monument.
Cross Base and Cross Circa 8 Metres South of South Porch of Church of Hieritha
- WRENN ID
- first-railing-marsh
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Devon
- Constituency
- North Devon MP: Ian Roome (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 8 January 1988
- Type
- Cross, monument
- Period
- Medieval
- OS grid reference
- SS 635 255
- Coordinates
- 51.01316, -3.94584
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The cross-base and cross, located approximately 8 metres south of the south porch of the Church of St Hieritha in Chittlehampton, date back to the late medieval period. The base is made of square stone and tapers down to an octagonal shape for the shaft. The cross was added during a restoration in 1908.
Local climate
Cross Base and Cross Circa 8 Metres South of South Porch of Church of Hieritha receives an average of 960 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 74% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 81% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 18 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 82% of listed buildings. Of these, 8 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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