Base of Old Market Cross Approximately 8 Metres North East of St Leonards Tower is a Grade II listed building in the Teignbridge local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 July 1949. Market cross base.
Base of Old Market Cross Approximately 8 Metres North East of St Leonards Tower
- WRENN ID
- forbidden-rampart-bracken
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Teignbridge
- Constituency
- Newton Abbot MP: Martin Wrigley (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 July 1949
- Type
- Market cross base
- OS grid reference
- SX 858 712
- Coordinates
- 50.52943, -3.61257
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The base of an old market cross is located approximately 8 meters north-east of St Leonard's Tower in Newton Abbot. It is reported to be medieval but is likely from the 17th century. The base is a stepped octagonal structure made of granite, standing about one meter high and measuring 2 meters across, topped with a shallow pointed cap. An inscription on the north-east side states: "THE FIRST DECLARATION OF WILLIAM PRINCE OF ORANGE THE GLORIOUS DEFENDER OF THE LIBERTIES OF ENGLAND WAS READ ON THIS PEDESTAL BY THE REV JOHN REYNEL RECTOR OF THIS PARISH ON 5 NOVEMBER 1688."
Local climate
Base of Old Market Cross Approximately 8 Metres North East of St Leonards Tower receives an average of 870 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 64% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 83% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 11 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 90% of listed buildings. Of these, 4 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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