Churchyard Cross, in Churchyard of Parish Church is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 February 1961. Churchyard cross.
Churchyard Cross, in Churchyard of Parish Church
- WRENN ID
- tangled-truss-violet
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Wells and Mendip Hills MP: Tessa Munt (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 February 1961
- Type
- Churchyard cross
- Address
- Churchyard Cross, in Churchyard of Parish Church, Chapel Allerton
- OS grid reference
- ST 408 501
- Coordinates
- 51.24788, -2.84828
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The churchyard cross, located in the churchyard of the parish church, dates from the 15th century and is made of dressed stone. It features an octagonal socket set on a base of two square steps. The tapering octagonal shaft has been restored and is topped with an ornamental finial cross. The restoration occurred at the same time as the adjacent church, as noted in Pooley's "Old Crosses of Somerset" from 1877.
Local climate
Churchyard Cross, in Churchyard of Parish Church receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 54% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 68% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 28 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 69% of listed buildings. Of these, 10 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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