Cross Base in Churchyard, About 3 Metres South West of Porch, Church of All Saints is a Grade II listed building in the Forest of Dean local planning authority area, England. Cross base.
Cross Base in Churchyard, About 3 Metres South West of Porch, Church of All Saints
- WRENN ID
- woven-threshold-root
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Forest of Dean
- Constituency
- Forest of Dean MP: Matt Bishop (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Cross base
- OS grid reference
- SO 684 197
- Coordinates
- 51.87574, -2.4597
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The cross base, dating from the Medieval period, is located in the churchyard about 3 meters south west of the porch of the Church of All Saints in Longehope. It is made of stone and measures approximately 600 millimeters square and 375 millimeters high. The base has a square shape that tapers to an octagonal form through curved splays. It features a top made of domestic mortar, which was reportedly used as a font before 1869, and is supported by three short lengths of moulded stone.
Local climate
Cross Base in Churchyard, About 3 Metres South West of Porch, Church of All Saints receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 66% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 55% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 40 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 77% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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