Village Cross is a Grade II* listed building in the Dartmoor National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 February 1967. A Medieval Cross.
Village Cross
- WRENN ID
- stranded-pilaster-bracken
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Dartmoor National Park
- Constituency
- Central Devon MP: Sir Mel Stride (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 February 1967
- Type
- Cross
- Period
- Medieval
- Address
- Village Cross, South Tawton, West Devon
- OS grid reference
- SX 650 935
- Coordinates
- 50.72624, -3.91326
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Village Cross, located in South Zeal, is a Grade II* listed structure dating from the 15th century. It is constructed from granite ashlar and features a complete late medieval cross, along with a socket stone and plinth. The plinth consists of three steps made from granite ashlar with bull-nosed steps. The socket stone is square with chamfered top edges. The cross itself stands approximately 2.5 meters high and is a plain cross originally carved from a single piece of granite, featuring chamfered head arms and a slightly tapering shaft with roll stops. The head of the cross is now a separate piece. This cross is an integral part of the South Zeal townscape and is particularly notable as one of the few medieval boroughs in Devon that retains a significant number of its late medieval houses.
Local climate
Village Cross sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 960 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 75% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 70% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 66% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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