Churchyard Cross, in the Churchyard, 5 Metres South of South Porch, Church of St John the Baptist is a Grade II* listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 February 1961. A Medieval Cross.
Churchyard Cross, in the Churchyard, 5 Metres South of South Porch, Church of St John the Baptist
- WRENN ID
- third-cobalt-summer
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Wells and Mendip Hills MP: Tessa Munt (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 February 1961
- Type
- Cross
- Period
- Medieval
- OS grid reference
- ST 381 534
- Coordinates
- 51.27663, -2.88748
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The churchyard cross, located in the churchyard 5 metres south of the south porch of the Church of St John the Baptist, dates from the late 14th century. It is made of dressed stone and features a polygonal shaft. The cross has an octagonal chamfered socket with broaches that have a convex outline, and it stands on a base consisting of two square steps. The head of the cross is missing.
Local climate
Churchyard Cross, in the Churchyard, 5 Metres South of South Porch, Church of St John the Baptist receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 53% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 72% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 23 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 76% 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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