Garden Walls Immediately East of No 31 (Cross Tree House) is a Grade II listed building in the Dartmoor National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 February 1987. Garden wall.
Garden Walls Immediately East of No 31 (Cross Tree House)
- WRENN ID
- dusk-chimney-cedar
- 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
- Garden wall
- Address
- Garden Walls Immediately East of No 31 (Cross Tree House), Cross Street, Moretonhampstead, Teignbridge
- OS grid reference
- SX 755 860
- Coordinates
- 50.66076, -3.76271
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The garden walls immediately east of No. 31, known as Cross Tree House, are likely from the 18th century but may include earlier materials from a medieval hospital founded around 1450. Constructed of granite rubble with shaped brick coping, the walls are notably thick in some lower sections. They rise to about 5 metres high and enclose a rectangular garden that measures approximately 30 metres by 15 metres. The south-east, south-west, and north-west corners of the walls are indented. There is a brick segmental arch gateway on the west side that leads to a lane, providing access to a side door of the house. The churchyard lies to the north, where the ground is at a higher level, while Cross Street is to the south. The garden is located behind the Almshouses to the east, and to the west, a churchyard lane separates the garden from Cross Tree House. Besides the potential incorporation of earlier materials, these walls hold significant group value in relation to the church and the Almshouses.
Local climate
Garden Walls Immediately East of No 31 (Cross Tree House) receives an average of 930 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 71% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 67% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 55% 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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