Base of Churchyard Cross, 12 Metres South of Vestry Door, Church of St Nicholas is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 March 1961. Cross base.
Base of Churchyard Cross, 12 Metres South of Vestry Door, Church of St Nicholas
- WRENN ID
- ragged-landing-briar
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Glastonbury and Somerton MP: Sarah Dyke (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 March 1961
- Type
- Cross base
- OS grid reference
- ST 723 197
- Coordinates
- 50.97649, -2.3959
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The base of the churchyard cross, located 12 metres south of the vestry door of the Church of St Nicholas, dates from the late 13th century. It is made of ham stone and features an octagonal base with a slight nosing that is somewhat sunken, and a top that slopes. The octagonal shaft rises to about 1 metre high and has flat broach stops. This information is referenced in Pooley's "Old Crosses of Somerset," published in 1877.
Local climate
Base of Churchyard Cross, 12 Metres South of Vestry Door, Church of St Nicholas 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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