Churchyard Cross in Churchyard, 3 Metres South of Chancel, Church of All Saints is a Grade II listed building in the Exmoor National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 December 1984. Churchyard cross.

Churchyard Cross in Churchyard, 3 Metres South of Chancel, Church of All Saints

WRENN ID
night-nave-weasel
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Exmoor National Park
Constituency
Tiverton and Minehead MP: Rachel Gilmour (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
21 December 1984
Type
Churchyard cross
OS grid reference
ST 072 374
Coordinates
51.12857, -3.32629
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The churchyard cross, dated 1863, is located 3 metres south of the chancel of the Church of All Saints. It was created by J Seymour of Taunton and is made of conglomerate sandstone and red sandstone. The cross features a two-stage square calvary of red sandstone, with a square plinth that has broaches and four figures representing the Evangelists. The shaft is octagonal and tapers upwards, topped by a Celtic cross with an ornamented abacus. The west front is inscribed to William Francis Chilcott, who died in 1863, and his wife Alison. The inscription on the east front is illegible, but the name of the mason, J Seymour of Taunton, is noted in the northwest corner. William F Chilcott served as the vicar of the Church of All Saints from 1843 to 1863. This cross is a notable example of a mid-Victorian churchyard cross and is mentioned appreciatively in Pooley's "Old Crosses of Somerset" from 1877, which also notes the remains of the 14th-century cross that it replaced.

Local climate

Churchyard Cross in Churchyard, 3 Metres South of Chancel, Church of All Saints receives an average of 940 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 79% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 20 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 79% of listed buildings. Of these, 8 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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