Horspit Cross is a Grade II listed building in the Dartmoor National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 February 1987. Wayside cross.

Horspit Cross

WRENN ID
graven-hinge-swift
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Dartmoor National Park
Constituency
Central Devon MP: Sir Mel Stride (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
4 February 1987
Type
Wayside cross
Address
Horspit Cross, North Bovey, Teignbridge
OS grid reference
SX 743 847
Coordinates
50.64863, -3.77898
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Horspit Cross is a wayside cross that has been converted into a guide stone. It is likely of late medieval origin but was modified in the 19th century. The cross is made of small, roughly hewn granite and features short arms with a truncated head. On two faces and the ends of its arms, it has the letters O (for Okehampton), N (for Newton Abbot), M (for Moretonhampstead), and B (for Bovey) carved into it. The name "Horspit" is thought to come from the field at the gate where the cross stands.

Local climate

Horspit Cross receives an average of 900 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 67% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 75% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 27 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 70% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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