Malcolm's Cross and Remains of Older Cross on West is a Grade II listed building in the Northumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 December 1969. Commemorative cross.
Malcolm's Cross and Remains of Older Cross on West
- WRENN ID
- rooted-wall-meadow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Northumberland
- Constituency
- North Northumberland MP: David Smith (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 31 December 1969
- Type
- Commemorative cross
- Address
- Malcolm's Cross and Remains of Older Cross on West, A1068, Denwick
- OS grid reference
- NU 190 147
- Coordinates
- 55.42634, -1.70057
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Malcolm's Cross is a commemorative cross dating from 1774, which includes the remains of an earlier medieval cross. It features a stepped base that supports a panelled pedestal. On the west side, the inscription reads, "MALCOLM III KING OF SCOTLAND BESIEGEING ALNWICK CASTLE WAS SLAIN HERE NOV. XIII AN MXCIII." The east side states, "MALCOLM'S CROSS DECAYED BY TIME RESTORED BY HIS DESCENDANT ELIZ. DUCHESS OF NORTHUMBERLAND MDCCLXXIV." The north side is adorned with a crowned thistle, while the south side displays the Percy lion on a shield within a cusped quatrefoil, with thistles in the corners. The tapering shaft has hollow-chamfered angles decorated with dogtooth patterns, and it features festoons and grotesque heads at the top. The bracelet cross head is intricately carved with an open centre. Additionally, on the west side, there is a block inscribed, "THE ANCIENT PEDESTAL OF MALCOLMS CROSS KING OF SCOTLAND," which has part of the bracelet cross head attached to it.
Local climate
Malcolm's Cross and Remains of Older Cross on West 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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