Base of Cross Approximately 12 Metres East of Church is a Grade II listed building in the Torridge local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 March 1988. Cross base.
Base of Cross Approximately 12 Metres East of Church
- WRENN ID
- weathered-cinder-sparrow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Torridge
- Constituency
- Torridge and Tavistock MP: Sir Geoffrey Cox (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 25 March 1988
- Type
- Cross base
- OS grid reference
- SS 451 155
- Coordinates
- 50.91871, -4.20451
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The base of a churchyard cross, located approximately 12 metres east of the church in Langtree, dates from the late medieval period. It is octagonal in shape and consists of two steps, featuring overhanging coved soffits. There is a recess in the centre designed to hold the cross.
Local climate
Base of Cross Approximately 12 Metres East of Church sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,000 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 80% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 85% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 15 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 85% of listed buildings. Of these, 6 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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