Cross Approximately 40 Metres West of Vicarage is a Grade II listed building in the Dartmoor National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 March 1960. Wayside cross.
Cross Approximately 40 Metres West of Vicarage
- WRENN ID
- hidden-gateway-yarrow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dartmoor National Park
- Constituency
- South West Devon MP: Rebecca Smith (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 March 1960
- Type
- Wayside cross
- OS grid reference
- SX 544 630
- Coordinates
- 50.44944, -4.05177
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This wayside cross, located approximately 40 metres west of the Vicarage in Shaugh Prior, is likely of medieval origin. It is a small granite monolith shaped like a Latin cross. The cross is in good condition overall, although one arm is slightly damaged. It is plain and lacks any carved decoration. The cross is set on a granite base stone that is built into a stone wall.
Local climate
Cross Approximately 40 Metres West of Vicarage sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 970 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 77% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 89% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 9 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 92% of listed buildings. Of these, 3 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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