Cross in the Churchyard of the Church of St John the Baptist is a Grade II listed building in the Tewkesbury local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 February 1987. Monument.
Cross in the Churchyard of the Church of St John the Baptist
- WRENN ID
- white-pediment-curlew
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Tewkesbury
- Constituency
- Tewkesbury MP: Cameron Thomas (Ind)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 25 February 1987
- Type
- Monument
- Address
- Cross in the Churchyard of the Church of St John the Baptist, Stoke Orchard
- OS grid reference
- SO 905 294
- Coordinates
- 51.96373, -2.13956
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The cross in the churchyard of the Church of St John the Baptist is a Grade II listed structure. It features a cross shaft on a stepped base, dating from the 14th century, with a 20th-century cross at the top. The base has a square plan and consists of a stepped pyramidal plinth with four steps. The cross base is adorned with ogee stops at the upper corners. The tall octagonal cross shaft culminates in a Maltese cross at its apex.
Local climate
Cross in the Churchyard of the Church of St John the Baptist receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 63% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 57% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 54% 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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