Churchyard Cross About 3 Metres South-East of Porch, Church of St John is a Grade II listed building in the Exmoor National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 June 1985. A Medieval Cross.
Churchyard Cross About 3 Metres South-East of Porch, Church of St John
- WRENN ID
- drifting-ember-thistle
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Exmoor National Park
- Constituency
- Tiverton and Minehead MP: Rachel Gilmour (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 5 June 1985
- Type
- Cross
- Period
- Medieval
- OS grid reference
- SS 930 392
- Coordinates
- 51.14225, -3.52951
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a churchyard cross located about 3 metres south-east of the porch of the Church of St John in Cutcombe Village. It dates from the 14th century and was restored in 1898 as a memorial to John King Esq. The cross is made of sandstone, which has been renewed with Ham stone. It features a 19th-century three-stage calvary with a nosing and the remains of a square socket that has been shaped into an octagon. There is a stump of a shaft with a corbelled bracket intended for a statue, which continues with a 19th-century octagonal shaft topped by a cross with trefoil arms. This information is referenced in Pooley's "Old Crosses of Somerset" from 1877 and Kelly's Directory from 1906.
Local climate
Churchyard Cross About 3 Metres South-East of Porch, Church of St John sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,000 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 81% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 86% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 19 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 80% 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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