Cross Shaft Base 8 Metres South of Church to North East of Croxdale Hall is a Grade II listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 December 1987. Cross shaft base.

Cross Shaft Base 8 Metres South of Church to North East of Croxdale Hall

WRENN ID
sombre-glass-elder
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
County Durham
Constituency
Newton Aycliffe and Spennymoor MP: Alan Strickland (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
7 December 1987
Type
Cross shaft base
OS grid reference
NZ 274 379
Coordinates
54.73536, -1.57591
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The cross shaft base located 8 meters south of the church and northeast of Croxdale Hall is a medieval structure made of sandstone. It has a small square-plan base with chamfered top edges and is topped by a carved stone cross that was added in 1978.

Local climate

Cross Shaft Base 8 Metres South of Church to North East of Croxdale Hall receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 55% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 92% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 43 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 84% of listed buildings. Of these, 25 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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