Churchyard Cross About 3 Metres Southeast of Porch, Culbone Church is a Grade II* listed building in the Exmoor National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 January 1986. A C15 Monument.
Churchyard Cross About 3 Metres Southeast of Porch, Culbone Church
- WRENN ID
- quiet-groin-hawk
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Exmoor National Park
- Constituency
- Tiverton and Minehead MP: Rachel Gilmour (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 2 January 1986
- Type
- Monument
- OS grid reference
- SS 842 482
- Coordinates
- 51.22138, -3.65945
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a churchyard cross located about 3 metres southeast of the porch at Culbone Church. It dates from the 15th century and was restored in 1966. The cross is made of red sandstone and Ham stone. It features a two-stage calvary with a lower stage that has a moulded plinth and remains of nosing on the upper stage. The structure includes a square socket with a moulded plinth, broached corners, and sunk quatrefoil panels. The octagonal shaft, topped by a cross, was added during the 1966 restoration.
Local climate
Churchyard Cross About 3 Metres Southeast of Porch, Culbone Church sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,180 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 90% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 97% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 9 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 92% of listed buildings. Of these, 4 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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