Old Cross Base and Shaft is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 October 1976. Cross.

Old Cross Base and Shaft

WRENN ID
hallowed-attic-acorn
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Somerset
Constituency
Tiverton and Minehead MP: Rachel Gilmour (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
28 October 1976
Type
Cross
Address
Old Cross Base and Shaft, Market House Lane, Minehead
OS grid reference
SS 968 462
Coordinates
51.20635, -3.47791
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Old Cross Base and Shaft is a market cross dating from the 15th century, made of limestone. It features an octagonal shaft that tapers into a square base, which has been tarred. The base is set on a low plinth that is square at the bottom but shaped into an octagon at the top.

Local climate

Old Cross Base and Shaft sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,130 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 88% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 95% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 10 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 90% of listed buildings. Of these, 5 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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