Remains of Cross in Churchyard, About 8 Metres South of Tower, Church of St Catherine is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 April 1961. Cross.
Remains of Cross in Churchyard, About 8 Metres South of Tower, Church of St Catherine
- WRENN ID
- fallow-truss-grove
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Glastonbury and Somerton MP: Sarah Dyke (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 April 1961
- Type
- Cross
- OS grid reference
- ST 496 169
- Coordinates
- 50.94962, -2.718
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The remains of a churchyard cross, dating from the 15th century, are located about 3 metres south of the tower of the Church of St. Catherine. This cross is made of Ham stone and features a base that is approximately 1 metre square and 500 millimetres high, with broached corners. The shaft is a fragment that stands about 2 metres high, has a square plan, and is tapered with roll-moulding on the corners. There are traces of a figure on the west face, which is set in a trefoil-arched canopied recess.
Local climate
Remains of Cross in Churchyard, About 8 Metres South of Tower, Church of St Catherine receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 51% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 65% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 66% 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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