Socket of Former Churchyard Cross in Churchyard, Adjacent to South Door, Sutton Mallet Church is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 June 1987. Socket of cross.
Socket of Former Churchyard Cross in Churchyard, Adjacent to South Door, Sutton Mallet Church
- WRENN ID
- fossil-cobalt-sienna
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Wells and Mendip Hills MP: Tessa Munt (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 June 1987
- Type
- Socket of cross
- OS grid reference
- ST 372 369
- Coordinates
- 51.12816, -2.89747
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The socket of a former churchyard cross is located in the churchyard adjacent to the south door of Sutton Mallet Church. This structure dates from the 15th century and is made of dressed stone. It has an octagonal shape and features a chamfered upper face with a central mortise for a shaft that is now missing. This is all that remains of the original cross.
Local climate
Socket of Former Churchyard Cross in Churchyard, Adjacent to South Door, Sutton Mallet Church receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 51% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 62% 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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