Challabrook Cross, on Public Footpath About 350 Metres North-East of Challabrook Cross is a Grade II listed building in the Teignbridge local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 July 1986. A Medieval Cross.

Challabrook Cross, on Public Footpath About 350 Metres North-East of Challabrook Cross

WRENN ID
endless-roof-gorse
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Teignbridge
Constituency
Central Devon MP: Sir Mel Stride (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
3 July 1986
Type
Cross
Period
Medieval
OS grid reference
SX 809 778
Coordinates
50.5879, -3.68296
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Challabrook Cross is a medieval cross-shaft located on a public footpath about 350 metres northeast of Challabrook Farm in Bovey Tracey. Made of granite, the cross-shaft is mutilated but retains part of the cross-head. The right-hand side has been cut back to serve as a gatepost, with two iron hinges still in place. The shaft is rectangular in section and tapers slightly on the unaltered left side. Remnants of the left arm and head of the cross are weathered, and there are said to be traces of a cross incised on each face. A metal plaque attached to the shaft bears the inscription: "This old cross once marked the grave of a royalist officer who fell near here 1645 when Cromwell's troops defeated the Royalists. A.J.W. 1923," which is considered to be wholly fanciful.

Local climate

Challabrook Cross, on Public Footpath About 350 Metres North-East of Challabrook Cross receives an average of 880 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 65% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 76% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 20 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 79% 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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