Village Cross is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 November 1966. Cross.
Village Cross
- WRENN ID
- bitter-moat-yarrow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Wells and Mendip Hills MP: Tessa Munt (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 November 1966
- Type
- Cross
- Address
- Village Cross, Wells Road, Westbury
- OS grid reference
- ST 500 488
- Coordinates
- 51.23623, -2.71688
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Village Cross, dating from the 14th to 15th century, is constructed from dressed stone. It features a tall calvary with six octagonal steps set on a rubble base. The cross has a chamfered octagonal socket and a tapering octagonal shaft, although the head is missing. This structure is also designated as a Scheduled Ancient Monument (Somerset County No 322).
Local climate
Village Cross receives an average of 850 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 58% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 70% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 63% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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