Sandbach Crosses is a Grade I listed building in the Cheshire East local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 August 1950. A C9 Cross.
Sandbach Crosses
- WRENN ID
- iron-remnant-indigo
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- Cheshire East
- Constituency
- Congleton MP: Sarah Russell (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 August 1950
- Type
- Cross
- Address
- Sandbach Crosses, Market Square, CW11 1AT
- OS grid reference
- SJ 758 608
- Coordinates
- 53.14404, -2.36209
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Sandbach Crosses are a celebrated pair of Anglo-Saxon crosses, likely dating from the early to mid-9th century. Their original location is unknown, but they were probably moved to their current site in the late Middle Ages. The crosses were thrown down, likely after the Reformation or during the Civil War, and their parts were dispersed. In 1816, efforts were made to recover the pieces, and the crosses were re-erected, set in stone sockets and placed side-by-side on a three-stepped stone base. The north cross, which is taller, has a mutilated head, while the south cross features a truncated shaft with a mutilated head from another cross. Both crosses are decorated on all faces with carved figures, animals, vine scrolls, and the north cross includes panels depicting biblical scenes.
Local climate
Sandbach Crosses receives an average of 880 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 58% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 40 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 77% of listed buildings. Of these, 21 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.
More on this building
Sign in or create a free account to unlock:
- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- No sale records on file
- No related consent applications matched
- 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
Matched applications, energy data and sale records are assembled automatically and may contain errors. Flag incorrect data.
Similar buildings
The closest matches to this building from all 493,000 UK listed buildings, by architecture, period and materials.
- 1 Churchyard Cross, About 5 Metres South of Nave, Church of St Aldhelm and St Eadburgha
- 2 Anglo Saxon Cross 50 Metres East of Church of St Helen
- 3 Cross in Churchyard, Church of St Mary
- 4 Remains of Churchyard Cross in Churchyard About 7 Metres South of Porch Church of St George
- 5 Cross Adjacent to Steps at Western Approach to Church of All Saints
this building 1 similar nearby listed buildings