Base of Cross About 22m South East of the Porch of the Church of St Peter and St James is a Grade II listed building in the Torridge local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 January 1986. Cross base.
Base of Cross About 22m South East of the Porch of the Church of St Peter and St James
- WRENN ID
- dim-jamb-merlin
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Torridge
- Constituency
- Torridge and Tavistock MP: Sir Geoffrey Cox (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 21 January 1986
- Type
- Cross base
- Address
- Base of Cross About 22m South East of the Porch of the Church of St Peter and St James, Halwill
- OS grid reference
- SX 427 994
- Coordinates
- 50.77289, -4.23185
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The base of a cross, dating from the medieval period, is located about 22 meters southeast of the porch of the Church of St Peter and St James in Halwill. It is made of granite and features a square base with a mortise for a cross shaft, set on two granite steps. The corners of the base are chamfered at the top, and the sides are adorned with various motifs carved in shallow relief, including a cross, a St Andrew's cross, blind tracery in a roundel, and a beast.
Local climate
Base of Cross About 22m South East of the Porch of the Church of St Peter and St James 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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