Cross Near Opening to Cheap Street is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 February 1983. A Victorian Fountain. 1 related planning application.
Cross Near Opening to Cheap Street
- WRENN ID
- dusk-truss-pearl
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Frome and East Somerset MP: Anna Sabine (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 February 1983
- Type
- Fountain
- Period
- Victorian
- Address
- Cross Near Opening to Cheap Street, Market Place, Frome, BA11 1BW
- OS grid reference
- ST 776 480
- Coordinates
- 51.23109, -2.32149
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The cross near the opening to Cheap Street is a Grade II listed structure dating from 1871, originally serving as a drinking fountain. It was designed by the artist and author E V B, who was the wife of the Hon and Rev Boyle of Marston Bigot. The cross features a tall, octagonal shaft made of Devon marble, topped with a foliate cross. At the base, there is a large moulded octagonal basin that supports a central octagonal shaft, which is adorned with floral capping. The carving was completed by a local craftsman named Joseph Chapman.
Local climate
Cross Near Opening to Cheap Street receives an average of 860 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 61% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 66% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 59% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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