Old Market Cross in Churchyard About 3 Metres North of Gate is a Grade II listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 June 1987. Market cross.

Old Market Cross in Churchyard About 3 Metres North of Gate

WRENN ID
heavy-hall-pearl
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
County Durham
Constituency
Bishop Auckland MP: Dr Sam Rushworth (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
5 June 1987
Type
Market cross
OS grid reference
NY 996 391
Coordinates
54.74766, -2.00641
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The old market cross, located in the churchyard about 3 metres north of the gate in Stanhope, dates back to 1669 and was moved in the 19th century. It features a sandstone column that stands on a square plinth, topped with an overhanging square pyramidal-shaped coping.

Local climate

Old Market Cross in Churchyard About 3 Metres North of Gate sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 960 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 75% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 59% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 58 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 97% of listed buildings. Of these, 38 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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