The Churchyard Cross, 5 Metres South of South Porch, Church of Saint Leonard is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 March 1961. A Medieval Cross.
The Churchyard Cross, 5 Metres South of South Porch, Church of Saint Leonard
- WRENN ID
- second-moulding-cream
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Glastonbury and Somerton MP: Sarah Dyke (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 March 1961
- Type
- Cross
- Period
- Medieval
- OS grid reference
- ST 672 327
- Coordinates
- 51.0927, -2.46867
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Churchyard Cross, located 5 metres south of the south porch of the Church of Saint Leonard, is a churchyard cross that likely dates from the 15th century, with a 19th-century top. It is made of Doulting stone and features a square base that measures about 2.2 metres wide and 400 millimetres high, with a second plain step that is approximately 1.5 metres wide and 250 millimetres high. The cross has a circular shaft socket, and the moulding may have been recut. The tapering octagonal shaft also has chamfers that are likely recut, with the upper half being from the 19th century. At the top of the cross is a heavy structure featuring the monogram IHS and a plain quatrefoil panel that is incised within it.
Local climate
The Churchyard Cross, 5 Metres South of South Porch, Church of Saint Leonard receives an average of 860 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 60% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 65% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 52% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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