Medieval Cross in St Edith's Churchyard, South of Church is a Grade II listed building in the Cheshire West and Chester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 November 1984. A Medieval Monument.
Medieval Cross in St Edith's Churchyard, South of Church
- WRENN ID
- broken-cloister-sorrel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cheshire West and Chester
- Constituency
- Chester South and Eddisbury MP: Aphra Brandreth (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 28 November 1984
- Type
- Monument
- Period
- Medieval
- Address
- Medieval Cross in St Edith's Churchyard, South of Church, Worthenbury Road, Shocklach Oviatt and District
- OS grid reference
- SJ 431 501
- Coordinates
- 53.04576, -2.84898
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The medieval cross located in St Edith's Churchyard, south of the church, is made of red sandstone. The octagonal shaft was replaced or recut in 1896, and the head of the cross is missing. The restored plinth is set on a square base consisting of four sandstone steps. It is locally reputed to have been used as a Plague Cross, where food and water were left for those infected.
Local climate
Medieval Cross in St Edith's Churchyard, South of Church receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 52% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 90% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 62% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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