Standing Cross, 8m South-East of St John the Baptist Church is a Grade II* listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 February 1955. Cross.
Standing Cross, 8m South-East of St John the Baptist Church
- WRENN ID
- sunken-mullion-sienna
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Tiverton and Minehead MP: Rachel Gilmour (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 25 February 1955
- Type
- Cross
- Address
- Standing Cross, 8m South-East of St John the Baptist Church, Heathfield, Taunton, Oake
- OS grid reference
- ST 160 264
- Coordinates
- 51.0313, -3.19923
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The standing cross, located 8 meters southeast of St John the Baptist Church, dates from the medieval period and was restored around 1869. It is made from sandstone and Hamstone and has an octagonal shape.
The cross features an octagonal base with two steps, a square socket stone, and a square shaft, although the head is missing. The corners of the socket stone are shaped into square angle shafts that have caps and fillet moulding. The tapering shaft has beveled corners and fillet mouldings at its base. It stands at a height of 1.9 meters, where it is broken off.
The east face of the cross is decorated with a crocketted niche that contains a headless male figure dressed in flowing robes, standing on an eroded angel corbel. The angel is believed to be holding a shield with a wreath below. While this detail was noted in the late 19th century by Pooley in 1877, the carvings have become weathered by 2016.
Local climate
Standing Cross, 8m South-East of St John the Baptist Church receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 54% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 57% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 61% 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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