Churchyard Cross, Church of St Michael is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. Cross.

Churchyard Cross, Church of St Michael

WRENN ID
riven-sentry-falcon
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Somerset
Constituency
Yeovil MP: Adam Dance (LD)
Country
England
Type
Cross
Address
Churchyard Cross, Church of St Michael, Church Street, Shepton Beauchamp
OS grid reference
ST 403 171
Coordinates
50.95063, -2.85115
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Churchyard Cross, located at the Church of St. Michael, is a memorial dedicated to the Coles family of Shepton Beauchamp House and dates from 1872. It is made of dressed stone and features a base of four chamfered octagonal steps. Above the steps is an octagonal socket with foiled niches, leading to a tapering shaft adorned with fleurons and a cruciform finial. On the west face of the shaft, there is a carved figure of Christ set within a niche. The steps also bear five leaded inscriptions honoring the Coles family.

Local climate

Churchyard Cross, Church of St Michael receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 52% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 58% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 53% 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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