Market Cross is a Grade II listed building in the Northumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 August 1977. Market cross. 2 related planning applications.
Market Cross
- WRENN ID
- open-floor-snow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Northumberland
- Constituency
- North Northumberland MP: David Smith (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 25 August 1977
- Type
- Market cross
- Address
- Market Cross, Market Place, Alnwick, NE66 1HS
- OS grid reference
- NU 186 133
- Coordinates
- 55.41339, -1.70691
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Market Cross stands in the north-east corner of Market Place. It incorporates an octagonal plinth and eight steps, built upon the foundations of an earlier cross located on the same site. The cross has an octagonal shaft and a head formed by lozenge-shaped blind tracery panels. Crescents and manacles are positioned at the cardinal points of the necking.
Local climate
Market Cross receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 53% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 58% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 13 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 88% of listed buildings. Of these, 8 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 1999
- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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