Raleigh's Cross is a Grade II* listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 May 1969. Boundary cross.
Raleigh's Cross
- WRENN ID
- calm-bronze-mist
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Tiverton and Minehead MP: Rachel Gilmour (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 May 1969
- Type
- Boundary cross
- Address
- Raleigh's Cross, Nettlecombe
- OS grid reference
- ST 038 344
- Coordinates
- 51.10095, -3.3741
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Raleigh's Cross is a boundary cross dating from the 13th century, made of red sandstone. It features the remains of a square shaft set in an octagonal socket, which is damaged and stands about 700 millimeters high. The socket has broached corners and rests on a square base, which may now be hidden beneath the earth. The cross was first mentioned in 1425-6 when it was located to the north at the junction of five ways, now reduced to four, near a dangerous bog. It was relocated to its current position in the late 18th to early 19th century.
Local climate
Raleigh's Cross sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 970 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 76% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 83% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 19 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 81% 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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- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2018
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