Cross-Base Approximately 8 Metres of South-West Corner of West Tower of Church of St James is a Grade II listed building in the North Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 October 1988. Cross-base.
Cross-Base Approximately 8 Metres of South-West Corner of West Tower of Church of St James
- WRENN ID
- calm-grate-poplar
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Devon
- Constituency
- North Devon MP: Ian Roome (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 25 October 1988
- Type
- Cross-base
- OS grid reference
- SS 681 194
- Coordinates
- 50.95925, -3.87823
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The cross-base, located approximately 8 metres from the south-west corner of the west tower of the Church of St James in Kings Nympton, is likely from the late medieval period. It is made of stone and has an octagonal shape, featuring a socket for a central shaft.
Local climate
Cross-Base Approximately 8 Metres of South-West Corner of West Tower of Church of St James 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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