Remains of Market Cross, Opposite Egremont Hotel is a Grade II* listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 May 1969. Market cross.
Remains of Market Cross, Opposite Egremont Hotel
- WRENN ID
- first-stronghold-ivy
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Tiverton and Minehead MP: Rachel Gilmour (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 May 1969
- Type
- Market cross
- Address
- Remains of Market Cross, Opposite Egremont Hotel, Bank Street, Williton
- OS grid reference
- ST 077 409
- Coordinates
- 51.16016, -3.32081
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The remains of the Market Cross, dating from the 14th century, are located opposite the Egremont Hotel on Bank Street in Williton. Originally shown on the Ordnance Survey map at the corner of the hotel, the cross has since been moved approximately 20 meters to the south. It is made of red sandstone and features a square socket with broached corners, along with the remains of a tapering octagonal shaft that also has similar broaches, though it is much eroded and stands about one meter high. Pooley illustrates the cross with a carved stone capping, which is thought to have belonged to the original structure. At the time of the survey in December 1983, this piece of capping was found lying to the northeast of Washford Mission Church in Old Cleeve. The Market Cross is designated as a Scheduled Ancient Monument (Somerset County No 247).
Local climate
Remains of Market Cross, Opposite Egremont Hotel receives an average of 940 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 71% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 79% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 20 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 79% 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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