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
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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