Churchyard Cross Immediately South of Church of St Leonard is a Grade II listed building in the South Hams local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 April 1993. Churchyard cross.
Churchyard Cross Immediately South of Church of St Leonard
- WRENN ID
- dark-gallery-weasel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Hams
- Constituency
- South Devon MP: Caroline Voaden (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 April 1993
- Type
- Churchyard cross
- Address
- Churchyard Cross Immediately South of Church of St Leonard, Halwell and Moreleigh
- OS grid reference
- SX 777 531
- Coordinates
- 50.36588, -3.72058
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The churchyard cross, located immediately south of the Church of St Leonard, is likely of medieval origin and was restored in 1934. It is made of granite and features a monolithic tapered octagonal shaft with run-out stops at the base of alternate sides. The shaft is set into an octagonal granite socket stone base. The cross head, which dates from the 20th century, has splayed octagonal arms. Originally, the cross was positioned just outside the churchyard on the roadside to the south and is said to have been used as a whipping and tethering post before its relocation into the churchyard in 1934, coinciding with the restoration of the cross head.
Local climate
Churchyard Cross Immediately South of Church of St Leonard receives an average of 890 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 66% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 90% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 6 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 96% of listed buildings. Of these, 3 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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