Fragment of Cross Shaft at Base of Tree at Corner of Road Junction is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 February 1988. Cross shaft.
Fragment of Cross Shaft at Base of Tree at Corner of Road Junction
- WRENN ID
- veiled-cinder-rush
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Yeovil MP: Adam Dance (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 February 1988
- Type
- Cross shaft
- Address
- Fragment of Cross Shaft at Base of Tree at Corner of Road Junction, Church Street, Lopen
- OS grid reference
- ST 425 143
- Coordinates
- 50.92578, -2.81826
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a fragment of a medieval cross shaft located at the base of a tree at the corner of a road junction in Lopen. Made of Ham stone, the square plain shaft measures approximately 300mm by 300mm and stands 500mm high, with another fragment of stone nearby. This cross marked the site of the Lopen Fair, which was first recorded in 1201 and discontinued in the 19th century. Notably, it was at Lopen Fair that the young curate, who later became Cardinal Wolsey, was put into the stocks for being drunk and disorderly.
Local climate
Fragment of Cross Shaft at Base of Tree at Corner of Road Junction receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 54% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 66% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 29 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 67% of listed buildings. Of these, 11 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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