The Churchyard Cross, 6 Metres South of the Church of St John the Baptist is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 March 1961. A Medieval Monument.
The Churchyard Cross, 6 Metres South of the Church of St John the Baptist
- WRENN ID
- silver-slate-acorn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Glastonbury and Somerton MP: Sarah Dyke (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 March 1961
- Type
- Monument
- Period
- Medieval
- OS grid reference
- ST 687 258
- Coordinates
- 51.03081, -2.44733
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Churchyard Cross, located 6 metres south of the Church of St John the Baptist, is a cross that likely dates from the 15th century. It is made of Ham stone and consists of two steps, a base, and a fragment of a shaft. The lower step is moulded, measuring approximately 1.7 metres square and 450 mm high, while the upper step is about 1.2 metres square and 225 mm high. The cross base is around 600 mm square and 400 mm high, and the shaft is octagonal with run-outs to the chamfers, standing about 250 mm high. This information is referenced in Pooley's "Old Crosses of Somerset," published in 1877.
Local climate
The Churchyard Cross, 6 Metres South of the Church of St John the Baptist receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 57% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 60% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 52% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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