Market Cross is a Grade II* listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 November 1984. A Medieval Market cross.
Market Cross
- WRENN ID
- ancient-vestry-rowan
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Frome and East Somerset MP: Anna Sabine (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 November 1984
- Type
- Market cross
- Period
- Medieval
- Address
- Market Cross, Church Street, Nunney
- OS grid reference
- ST 737 457
- Coordinates
- 51.21046, -2.37728
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Market Cross, dating from around 1100, was rebuilt on its current site in 1959. It is made of dressed Doulting stone and features a circular stepped plinth. The cross has a plain, four-sided shaft that is slightly curved on each side, standing on a cylindrical base. Each corner of the shaft is adorned with beading that leads up to a wheel head cross decorated with nailhead motifs. Originally, this cross was located in the churchyard of the Church of All Saints.
Local climate
Market Cross receives an average of 870 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 63% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 69% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 63% 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.
More on this building
Sign in or create a free account to unlock:
- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- No related consent applications matched
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
Matched applications, energy data and sale records are assembled automatically and may contain errors. Flag incorrect data.
Similar buildings
The closest matches to this building from all 493,000 UK listed buildings, by architecture, period and materials.
this building 1 similar nearby listed buildings