Cross at Junction with Bell Lane and A48 is a Grade II listed building in the Forest of Dean local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 July 1985. Cross.
Cross at Junction with Bell Lane and A48
- WRENN ID
- forgotten-shingle-marsh
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Forest of Dean
- Constituency
- Forest of Dean MP: Matt Bishop (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 July 1985
- Type
- Cross
- Address
- Cross at Junction with Bell Lane and A48, Westbury-On-Severn
- OS grid reference
- SO 716 140
- Coordinates
- 51.82406, -2.41208
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The cross at the junction of Bell Lane and the A48 in Westbury-on-Severn was built in 1887, as indicated by the date carved on its head. It is made of ashlar stone and stands on a tall, square, stepped base. The bottom step features a projecting top with a hollow chamfer beneath it, followed by two plain steps. Above these steps is a reused medieval cross base, which is square but has been reduced in width on the top half, with a square set-back on the north and south sides and canted sides on the east and west, leading to a sloping base.
The cross features a tall, tapering stone shaft that quickly transitions from a square shape to an octagon. At the top, there is a square head that oversails the shaft, with corner pilasters that originally had finials, though only one finial remains. Each face of the head has gables with a cross roof between them, and there is a shield on each face, two of which are inscribed with the year 1887 and two with the letters IHS. Above this is a stone cross with floriate ends to its arms, and a semi-circle connects the arms to the stem below. The cross is part of a group with the nearby church and churchyard memorials.
Local climate
Cross at Junction with Bell Lane and A48 receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 61% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 51% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 69% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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