Base of Cross, About 7 Metres West of No 12 Alvington Lane is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 April 1961. Cross.
Base of Cross, About 7 Metres West of No 12 Alvington Lane
- WRENN ID
- carved-dormer-martin
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Yeovil MP: Adam Dance (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 April 1961
- Type
- Cross
- OS grid reference
- ST 526 159
- Coordinates
- 50.94119, -2.67555
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The base of a cross, possibly from the 15th century, is located about 7 metres west of No. 12 Alvington Lane in Brympton d'Evercy. It is made of Ham stone and features a square base measuring approximately 900mm by 900mm, which is worked into an octagonal shape with diagonal corner shafts. The base stands about 500mm high and contains a shaft fragment that is around 350mm square and 750mm high. On the east side of the shaft fragment, there are traces of carving, which may depict a small statue under a canopy.
Local climate
Base of Cross, About 7 Metres West of No 12 Alvington Lane receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 51% 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 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 66% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2007
- No related consent applications matched
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