Durdon Cross is a Grade II listed building in the West Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 February 1967. A Medieval Monument.
Durdon Cross
- WRENN ID
- solitary-landing-bistre
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Devon
- Constituency
- Central Devon MP: Sir Mel Stride (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 February 1967
- Type
- Monument
- Period
- Medieval
- Address
- Durdon Cross, Northlew
- OS grid reference
- SX 522 988
- Coordinates
- 50.77032, -4.09723
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Durdon Cross is a medieval wayside cross located in Northlew. It is made of granite and features a Latin cross design with an octagonal shaft. The arms of the cross are deeply hollow chamfered and expand outward. At the top of the shaft, there is roll moulded necking.
Local climate
Durdon Cross sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,020 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 81% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 77% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 24 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 75% of listed buildings. Of these, 10 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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