Village Cross is a Grade II listed building in the Torridge local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 January 1989. A Medieval Cross.

Village Cross

WRENN ID
salt-shingle-rook
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Torridge
Constituency
Torridge and Tavistock MP: Sir Geoffrey Cox (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
26 January 1989
Type
Cross
Address
Village Cross, Bradford
OS grid reference
SS 420 071
Coordinates
50.84198, -4.24539
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Village Cross is a wayside cross that dates back to the late medieval period and was restored in the late 19th century or early 20th century. It is made of granite and features an octagonal shaft, although the top half and the head have been renewed. The cross is set on four granite steps.

Local climate

Village Cross sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,040 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 83% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 80% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 21 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 78% of listed buildings. Of these, 9 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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