Market Cross is a Grade II listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 January 1952. Market cross.
Market Cross
- WRENN ID
- lunar-buttress-ochre
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- County Durham
- Constituency
- Bishop Auckland MP: Dr Sam Rushworth (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 7 January 1952
- Type
- Market cross
- Address
- Market Cross, Market Place, Middleton in Teesdale
- OS grid reference
- NY 947 256
- Coordinates
- 54.62573, -2.08344
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Market Cross in Middleton in Teesdale is a structure of uncertain date, likely from the early 18th century. It is made of millstone grit and features wrought-iron leg clamps along with a bronze sundial attached to it. The cross stands on three square steps, with the lowest step having an iron band that includes four indentations and a central loop. Supporting the cross is a single column approximately one meter high, which has a chamfered base. At the top, there is a sundial that dates from the 19th or 20th century.
Local climate
Market Cross sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,040 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 83% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 65% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 60 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 98% of listed buildings. Of these, 39 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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