Base of Medieval Cross is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 March 1961. Cross base.
Base of Medieval Cross
- WRENN ID
- frozen-jamb-ochre
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Glastonbury and Somerton MP: Sarah Dyke (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 March 1961
- Type
- Cross base
- Address
- Base of Medieval Cross, Bathwell Lane, Milborne Port
- OS grid reference
- ST 675 186
- Coordinates
- 50.96594, -2.46319
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The base of a medieval cross, likely from the 13th century, is located on Bathwell Lane in Milborne Port. It is made of ham stone and features a modern base, probably from the 19th century, consisting of two circular steps. The lower step has a diameter of about 3 meters and is 500 millimeters high, while the upper step measures approximately 2 meters across and is 200 millimeters high. The square cross base is about 700 millimeters wide and 400 millimeters high, with the upper bed chamfered to an octagon and adorned with concave broaches. The cross was relocated in 1959, as noted on an attached metal plate.
Local climate
Base of Medieval Cross receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 57% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 61% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 54% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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