Malpas Cross is a Grade II listed building in the Cheshire West and Chester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 March 1967. A Victorian Cross.
Malpas Cross
- WRENN ID
- twelfth-vault-dew
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cheshire West and Chester
- Constituency
- Chester South and Eddisbury MP: Aphra Brandreth (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 1 March 1967
- Type
- Cross
- Period
- Victorian
- Address
- Malpas Cross, the Cross
- OS grid reference
- SJ 487 472
- Coordinates
- 53.02007, -2.76556
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Malpas Cross is a Grade II listed cross located in Malpas, Cheshire. The base of the cross is medieval, while the cross itself was erected in 1873 and is made of red sandstone. The octagonal base sits on sloping ground and features seven steps leading to High Street, with five and four steps on its sides leading to Church Street. The octagonal monument, which rests on two stone steps in a 14th-century style, has a gabled niche on each side and is topped with a crocketed spire that supports a cross. The design includes stiff-leaf ornamentation, cusped niche arches, mouchettes, and quatrefoils. The cross is inscribed with a dedication in memory of the Reverend Augustus Thurlow, M.A., Chancellor of the Diocese of Chester and Rector of the Upper Mediety of Malpas for 33 years, who was born on July 3rd, 1802, and died on July 5th, 1873. It was erected by his children.
Local climate
Malpas Cross 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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