Hawson Cross is a Grade II listed building in the Dartmoor National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 February 1961. A Medieval Monument.
Hawson Cross
- WRENN ID
- lost-bracket-sorrel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dartmoor National Park
- Constituency
- South Devon MP: Caroline Voaden (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 February 1961
- Type
- Monument
- Period
- Medieval
- Address
- Hawson Cross, West Buckfastleigh, South Hams
- OS grid reference
- SX 710 681
- Coordinates
- 50.499, -3.81949
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Hawson Cross is a medieval wayside cross located in West Buckfastleigh. It is made of granite and stands about seven feet high with a roughly square section. The shaft and one of the arms are broken but have been joined together.
Local climate
Hawson Cross receives an average of 880 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 64% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 79% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 18 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 82% of listed buildings. Of these, 8 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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