Horsington Village Cross is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 March 1961. Village cross.
Horsington Village Cross
- WRENN ID
- dark-fireplace-wagtail
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Glastonbury and Somerton MP: Sarah Dyke (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 March 1961
- Type
- Village cross
- OS grid reference
- ST 703 238
- Coordinates
- 51.01312, -2.42464
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Horsington Village Cross is a village cross that possibly dates back to the 13th century. It is made of Ham stone and features a stepped circular base that is about 3 metres in diameter and rises in four steps to a height of approximately 1.2 metres. This base supports a 650mm square section that is about 450mm high with broached top corners. Above this is an octagonal shaft that tapers from about 300mm wide to 150mm, reaching a total height of around 3 metres, although the top of the shaft is broken. On the south face, there are remains of a sculptured figure under a canopy, which may represent a friar. The cross may have served as a preaching cross and was certainly the focal point of the former market and fair. It is also designated as a Scheduled Ancient Monument (Somerset County No 215).
Local climate
Horsington Village Cross receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 57% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 60% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer 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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