Luscombe Cross is a Grade II listed building in the South Hams local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 February 1961. A Medieval Cross.

Luscombe Cross

WRENN ID
vast-cobble-ivy
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
South Hams
Constituency
South Devon MP: Caroline Voaden (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
9 February 1961
Type
Cross
Period
Medieval
Address
Luscombe Cross, Harberton
OS grid reference
SX 792 579
Coordinates
50.40858, -3.70079
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Luscombe Cross is a wayside cross and guide post, likely dating from the 15th and 16th centuries. The head and top of the shaft were renewed in 1895. It is made of granite and features a large octagonal base that is battened inwards at the top to create a rough roll mould. The lower part of the shaft has hollow chamfered corners and is carved on four sides with the uppercase letters B, K, D, and T, which likely represent directions to South Brent, Kingsbridge, Dartmouth, and Totnes. The top section of the shaft was replaced with a wheel-head shaft inscribed "RGH 2-5 1895."

Local climate

Luscombe Cross 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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