Cross is a Grade II* listed building in the Tameside local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 February 1986. A Medieval Monument.

Cross

WRENN ID
white-flagstone-wind
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
Tameside
Constituency
Stalybridge and Hyde MP: Jonathan Reynolds (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
6 February 1986
Type
Monument
Period
Medieval
Address
Cross, War Hill
OS grid reference
SJ 994 952
Coordinates
53.4539, -2.01037
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The cross at War Hill in Longdendale is a Grade II* listed structure with medieval origins, but it underwent significant restoration in 1760 and again in 1897. It is made of ashlar stone and features a stepped circular plinth that is inscribed with "Restored in commemoration of the sixtieth year of the reign of Queen Victoria 1897." The cross has an octagonal shaft that rests on a moulded base and is topped with a foliated capital. At the top, there is a cubical sundial with three copper faces. The front face of the sundial is inscribed with "hora pars vitae," while the rear face reads, "and watch and pray time hastes away when time is done eternity comes on."

Local climate

Cross sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,030 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 83% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 75% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 47 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 88% 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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