Charley's Cross at West Corner of Junction with Church Street is a Grade II listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 April 1971. A Medieval Cross.
Charley's Cross at West Corner of Junction with Church Street
- WRENN ID
- leaning-entrance-saffron
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- County Durham
- Constituency
- City of Durham MP: Mary Kelly Foy (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 30 April 1971
- Type
- Cross
- Period
- Medieval
- Address
- Charley's Cross at West Corner of Junction with Church Street, Quarryheads Lane, City of Durham
- OS grid reference
- NZ 274 416
- Coordinates
- 54.76881, -1.57449
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Charley's Cross is a medieval cross base located at the west corner of the junction with Church Street. It is made of sandstone and features a square base that is approximately half a metre high, into which part of a square shaft is inserted. There is a small hole at the top of the shaft. This cross is believed to be one of several that marked the approaches to Durham.
Local climate
Charley's Cross at West Corner of Junction with Church Street receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 58% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 96% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 41 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 79% of listed buildings. Of these, 24 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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