Village Cross, Sundial and Railings is a Grade II listed building in the Northumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 May 1986. Monument.
Village Cross, Sundial and Railings
- WRENN ID
- narrow-latch-frost
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Northumberland
- Constituency
- North Northumberland MP: David Smith (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 May 1986
- Type
- Monument
- Address
- Village Cross, Sundial and Railings, Market Place, Holy Island
- OS grid reference
- NU 125 418
- Coordinates
- 55.67008, -1.80135
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The village cross, sundial, and railings in Holy Island's Market Place were rebuilt in 1828 by H.C. Selby. The structure is made of sandstone and features wrought-iron railings. The cross stands on a plinth of four square steps and has a wheel-head design on a tapering square shaft that is approximately 10 feet high, with roll-moulded edges. There is an 18th-century sundial with a baluster stem and a bronze gnomon located on the north-west corner of the base. The entire area is surrounded by a low stone wall and railings with spearhead standards.
Local climate
Village Cross, Sundial and Railings receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 56% 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 12 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 89% 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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- Sale history — 2 transactions since 2000
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