Base to Cross, About 7 Metres North of Junction with Main Road is a Grade II listed building in the Forest of Dean local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 July 1985. Cross base.
Base to Cross, About 7 Metres North of Junction with Main Road
- WRENN ID
- fallow-steel-elder
- 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 base
- OS grid reference
- SO 722 193
- Coordinates
- 51.87228, -2.40501
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The base of a stone cross, dating from the medieval period, is located about 7 meters north of the junction with Main Road in Huntley. The base is square, measuring approximately 670 millimeters on each face and standing about 900 millimeters high. It consists of two stones, one for each course. The lower stone is weathered and irregular, while the upper stone tapers from square to octagonal shape, featuring pyramid corner stops and a flat top. Above the weathered stone, there is about 300 millimeters on the face and 600 millimeters high, which shows traces of reducing from square to octagon with pyramid stops.
Local climate
Base to Cross, About 7 Metres North of Junction with Main Road 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 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 72% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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