Village Cross Adjacent to Entrance of and in Churchyard, Church of St Mary is a Grade II* listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 November 1966. A C15 Cross.

Village Cross Adjacent to Entrance of and in Churchyard, Church of St Mary

WRENN ID
ruined-railing-solstice
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
Somerset
Constituency
Wells and Mendip Hills MP: Tessa Munt (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
22 November 1966
Type
Cross
OS grid reference
ST 455 416
Coordinates
51.17158, -2.78049
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Village Cross, dating from the 15th century, is located adjacent to the entrance of the churchyard of the Church of St. Mary. It was repaired in 1979 and is made of dressed stone. The base consists of two square steps, with the lower step featuring a bench and a dripmould, as well as a splayed set-off. The cross has a large square socket, with the upper face being octagonal and adorned with broad convex broaches. The shaft is tapering and octagonal, capped by the base of a calvary, and topped with a 19th-century finial cross. Originally, the cross stood by the roadside but was moved to its current position in the early 19th century, as noted by Pooley in "Old Crosses of Somerset" from 1877.

Local climate

Village Cross Adjacent to Entrance of and in Churchyard, Church of St Mary receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 54% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 68% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 28 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 69% of listed buildings. Of these, 10 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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