Base of Churchyard Cross, in Churchyard, About 12 Metres West of Nave, Church of St Andrew is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 April 1961. Churchyard cross base.
Base of Churchyard Cross, in Churchyard, About 12 Metres West of Nave, Church of St Andrew
- WRENN ID
- young-steel-cedar
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Yeovil MP: Adam Dance (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 April 1961
- Type
- Churchyard cross base
- OS grid reference
- ST 519 153
- Coordinates
- 50.93579, -2.68584
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The base of a churchyard cross, likely from the 15th century, is located in the churchyard about 12 metres west of the nave of the Church of St. Andrew. It is made of ham stone and features a circular base that is nearly 3 metres in diameter and 550mm high. The base is set on a chamfered plinth with a pronounced nosing, followed by two steps, each with a rise of 150mm and a width of 200mm. The socket for the cross measures about 800mm square and 375mm high, with broached corners at the top. There is also a small fragment of the shaft, which is octagonal in shape.
Local climate
Base of Churchyard Cross, in Churchyard, About 12 Metres West of Nave, Church of St Andrew receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 51% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 65% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 66% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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