Church Cross, in Churchyard, 10 Metres South of Church of St Andrew is a Grade II* listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 January 1985. A Medieval Monument.
Church Cross, in Churchyard, 10 Metres South of Church of St Andrew
- WRENN ID
- still-corridor-burdock
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Wells and Mendip Hills MP: Tessa Munt (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 January 1985
- Type
- Monument
- Period
- Medieval
- OS grid reference
- ST 395 553
- Coordinates
- 51.2943, -2.86767
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Church Cross, located in the churchyard 10 metres south of the Church of St Andrew, is a 15th-century churchyard cross made of dressed stone. It features an octagonal shaft, although the head is missing. The cross stands in a notched and bevelled socket on four square steps, with the lower step having a concave set-off. This historical structure is noted in Pooley's "Old Crosses of Somerset" from 1877.
Local climate
Church Cross, in Churchyard, 10 Metres South of Church of St Andrew receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 53% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 72% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 23 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 76% 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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