Cross base and shaft in Churchyard of St. Mary is a Grade II listed building in the Cheshire East local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 March 1987. Cross base and shaft.
Cross base and shaft in Churchyard of St. Mary
- WRENN ID
- hidden-frieze-primrose
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cheshire East
- Constituency
- Congleton MP: Sarah Russell (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 March 1987
- Type
- Cross base and shaft
- Address
- Cross base and shaft in Churchyard of St. Mary, Church of St. Mary, the Green, Newbold Astbury
- OS grid reference
- SJ 846 615
- Coordinates
- 53.15092, -2.23161
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The cross base and shaft in the churchyard of St. Mary is a 16th-century structure that now serves as a sundial. It is made of yellow sandstone ashlar and features two octagonal steps leading up to an 18th-century octagonal pillar, which supports the sundial. The base of the pillar has end stops and a moulded capital. At the top, there is a circular copper plate inscribed with "Jas. Green Fecit," although the gnomon is missing.
Local climate
Cross base and shaft in Churchyard of St. Mary sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 990 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 79% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 61% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 48 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 89% of listed buildings. Of these, 27 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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