Cross Socket by South East Entrance of St Michael's Churchyard is a Grade II listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 October 1987. Cross socket.
Cross Socket by South East Entrance of St Michael's Churchyard
- WRENN ID
- secret-sandstone-vermeil
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- County Durham
- Constituency
- Bishop Auckland MP: Dr Sam Rushworth (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 28 October 1987
- Type
- Cross socket
- Address
- Cross Socket by South East Entrance of St Michael's Churchyard, Barningham
- OS grid reference
- NZ 085 104
- Coordinates
- 54.48904, -1.8693
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The cross socket located by the south-east entrance of St. Michael's churchyard in Barningham is a medieval feature made of cut sandstone. It is a block measuring 0.70 metres square and 0.30 metres high, with a square socket.
Local climate
Cross Socket by South East Entrance of St Michael's Churchyard receives an average of 950 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 73% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 53% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 54 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 95% of listed buildings. Of these, 34 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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