Cross About 3 Metres South of Church of St Philip and St James is a Grade II listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 June 1987. Cross.
Cross About 3 Metres South of Church of St Philip and St James
- WRENN ID
- still-chamber-birch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- County Durham
- Constituency
- Bishop Auckland MP: Dr Sam Rushworth (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 5 June 1987
- Type
- Cross
- OS grid reference
- NZ 147 312
- Coordinates
- 54.67636, -1.77219
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
A medieval cross is located about 3 metres south of the Church of St Philip and St James on the north side of High Street in Crook and Willington. It is made of sandstone and features a bronze sundial. The cross has a square base and a rectangular-section shaft, which has been newly reset and is stop-chamfered. At the top, the shaft supports a small round stone and a sundial that is dated 1783 and signed by Tho. Binks.
Local climate
Cross About 3 Metres South of Church of St Philip and St James receives an average of 880 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 64% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 88% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 48 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 90% of listed buildings. Of these, 29 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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