High Cross is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 April 1961. Cottage.

High Cross

WRENN ID
dark-basalt-wagtail
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Somerset
Constituency
Yeovil MP: Adam Dance (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
19 April 1961
Type
Cottage
Address
High Cross, Higher Street, West and Middle Chinnock
OS grid reference
ST 467 131
Coordinates
50.91544, -2.75913
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

High Cross is a cottage dating from the early 17th century. It is built from local stone that has been cut and squared, with Ham stone dressings, and features a Welsh slate roof between coped gables and rendered end chimney stacks. The cottage is two stories tall and has a symmetrical front with three bays. The lower bays one and three have four-light ovolo moulded mullioned windows with leaded lights, while bay two features a moulded chamfered arched doorway, all set beneath a continuous string course that is raised above the doorway. Above the doorway, there is a stone plaque that is incised with 'ANO DNI 1604 R.W.'. The first floor has three-light leaded casements with an exposed wall plate above. Although the interior has not been seen, a report from the Somerset Archaeological and Natural History Society in 1978 mentions an original continuous outshut, a half-post and truss structure, timber framed partitions, chamfered beams with step and run-out stops, a fireplace, and a former smoke-bay.

Local climate

High Cross 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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