Legs Cross is a Grade II* listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. Monument.

Legs Cross

WRENN ID
broken-plinth-indigo
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
County Durham
Constituency
Bishop Auckland MP: Dr Sam Rushworth (Lab)
Country
England
Type
Monument
Address
Legs Cross, Dere Street, Bolam
OS grid reference
NZ 207 224
Coordinates
54.59723, -1.68081
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Legs Cross is a significant historical monument located on the west side of Dere Street in Bolam. It dates back to the 9th century and is constructed from sandstone. The structure consists of a rough, rectangular base that stands about one metre high, supporting a badly worn, tapering cross shaft that reaches approximately 1.5 metres in height. The upper end of the west face of the cross shaft is said to have featured interlacing ornamentation. Legs Cross likely marked the subdivision of a major Anglo-Saxon estate centered on Gainford village. It is also designated as a Scheduled Ancient Monument.

Local climate

Legs Cross receives an average of 850 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 58% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 86% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 46 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 87% of listed buildings. Of these, 27 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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