Maidens Cross at Ngr 5143 7357 is a Grade II listed building in the Cheshire West and Chester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 December 1985. Plague cross.
Maidens Cross at Ngr 5143 7357
- WRENN ID
- silent-pillar-moss
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cheshire West and Chester
- Constituency
- Runcorn and Helsby MP: Sarah Pochin (RUK)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 6 December 1985
- Type
- Plague cross
- Address
- Maidens Cross at Ngr 5143 7357, Manley Road, Alvanley
- OS grid reference
- SJ 514 735
- Coordinates
- 53.25695, -2.72944
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Maiden's Cross is a plague cross, likely from the medieval period, made of sandstone. It has a trapezoidal shape, measuring approximately 0.70 by 0.50 metres, and rises about 0.30 metres above the ground. The front face of the stone features a camber-headed chamber, which was used during plague quarantine for the exchange of goods and money.
Local climate
Maidens Cross at Ngr 5143 7357 receives an average of 940 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 72% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 59% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 58% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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