Churchyard Cross 10 Metres South East of Church of St John the Baptist is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 February 1955. A Medieval Monument.
Churchyard Cross 10 Metres South East of Church of St John the Baptist
- WRENN ID
- low-postern-solstice
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Tiverton and Minehead MP: Rachel Gilmour (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 25 February 1955
- Type
- Monument
- Period
- Medieval
- OS grid reference
- ST 100 322
- Coordinates
- 51.08252, -3.28562
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a churchyard cross located 10 metres southeast of the Church of St John the Baptist. It dates from the 15th century and was restored in the late 19th century. The cross is made of red sandstone ashlar and features a tapering octagonal shaft that transitions to a square shape with stops. It is set into an octagonal socket with flattened broaches on a square base. The cross is topped with a 19th-century cross.
Local climate
Churchyard Cross 10 Metres South East of Church of St John the Baptist receives an average of 940 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 71% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 79% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 20 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 79% 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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