Rey Cross is a Grade II* listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 June 1986. Cross.
Rey Cross
- WRENN ID
- first-chalk-starling
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- County Durham
- Constituency
- Bishop Auckland MP: Dr Sam Rushworth (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 17 June 1986
- Type
- Cross
- Address
- Rey Cross, A66, Bowes
- OS grid reference
- NY 904 122
- Coordinates
- 54.50579, -2.14867
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Rey Cross is a Grade II* listed monument located on the south side of the A66 in Bowes. It consists of a base and a fragment of a cross shaft, likely dating from the 10th century. The structure is made of sandstone and stands approximately 1.0 metre tall. The cross shaft has a rectangular plan and rests on a worn square-plan base. Unfortunately, the inscriptions on the shaft are no longer legible.
Rey Cross, also known as Rere Cross, is believed to have been erected by King Edwin of Northumbria, who died in 946, to mark the boundary between his kingdom and the Scottish Kingdom of Strathclyde. The site is historically significant as it is associated with the death of Eric Bloodaxe, the last Viking King, who was killed at Rey Cross in 945, marking the end of Viking rule in Northern England. Rey Cross is also designated as a Scheduled Ancient Monument.
Local climate
Rey Cross sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,070 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 86% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 74% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 59 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 98% 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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