Churchyard Cross is a Grade II listed building in the West Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 October 1987. Cross.
Churchyard Cross
- WRENN ID
- waning-pilaster-russet
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Devon
- Constituency
- Central Devon MP: Sir Mel Stride (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 8 October 1987
- Type
- Cross
- Address
- Churchyard Cross, Essington Road, North Tawton
- OS grid reference
- SS 664 017
- Coordinates
- 50.79961, -3.89681
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Churchyard Cross in North Tawton is a medieval structure featuring a tapering granite shaft with chamfered edges, set in a square socket stone. The head and arms of the cross are missing. It was relocated to its current site from the town square in 1887.
Local climate
Churchyard Cross sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 970 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 75% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 73% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 28 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 68% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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