Base Stone of Cross is a Grade II listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 July 1985. Cross base.
Base Stone of Cross
- WRENN ID
- secret-stronghold-aspen
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- County Durham
- Constituency
- Bishop Auckland MP: Dr Sam Rushworth (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 July 1985
- Type
- Cross base
- Address
- Base Stone of Cross, the Green, Cleatlam
- OS grid reference
- NZ 118 186
- Coordinates
- 54.56324, -1.8176
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The base stone of a village cross, likely dating from the medieval period, is a featureless block made of worn sandstone. It measures approximately 0.5 metre square and stands about 0.25 metre high. This base stone rests upon two sandstone flags.
Local climate
Base Stone of Cross receives an average of 890 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 65% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 74% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 49 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 90% of listed buildings. Of these, 29 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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