Butter Cross is a Grade II* listed building in the Exmoor National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 May 1969. A Medieval Cross.

Butter Cross

WRENN ID
hushed-spire-crimson
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
Exmoor National Park
Constituency
Tiverton and Minehead MP: Rachel Gilmour (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
22 May 1969
Type
Cross
Period
Medieval
Address
Butter Cross, St George's Street, Dunster, Somerset
OS grid reference
SS 988 438
Coordinates
51.1851, -3.4492
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Butter Cross is a late 14th or early 15th century stone wayside cross located on St George's Street in Dunster. It features a stump with a polygonal shaft set in a square socket, which is positioned on a base of two octagonal steps. The site is also recognized as a Scheduled Ancient Monument, designated as Somerset County No 190.

Local climate

Butter Cross sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,130 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 88% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 95% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 10 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 90% of listed buildings. Of these, 5 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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