Former Cross Base in St Matthew's Churchyard is a Grade II listed building in the Trafford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 June 1987. Cross base.
Former Cross Base in St Matthew's Churchyard
- WRENN ID
- solitary-terrace-pigeon
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Trafford
- Constituency
- Stretford and Urmston MP: Andrew Western (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 30 June 1987
- Type
- Cross base
- Address
- Former Cross Base in St Matthew's Churchyard, Chester Road
- OS grid reference
- SJ 794 941
- Coordinates
- 53.44412, -2.31096
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The former cross base in St. Matthew's Churchyard is a Grade II listed structure, believed to have Medieval origins. It is made of roughly hewn stone and has a cubic shape. At the top, there are remains of a sundial shaft, and one side has been refaced and inscribed in 1863 to mark its relocation from the junction of Chester Road and King Street. This cross base was later used as a sundial base.
Local climate
Former Cross Base in St Matthew's Churchyard sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,040 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 73% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 76% of listed buildings. Of these, 21 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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