Village Cross and Stocks is a Grade II listed building in the Wigan local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 August 1966. Public monument.
Village Cross and Stocks
- WRENN ID
- scarred-gable-indigo
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wigan
- Constituency
- Wigan MP: Lisa Nandy (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 August 1966
- Type
- Public monument
- Address
- Village Cross and Stocks, Market Place
- OS grid reference
- SD 562 102
- Coordinates
- 53.58685, -2.66204
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Village Cross and Stocks, located in Standish-with-Langtree's Market Place, is a historical structure likely dating back to the medieval period for its cross base and steps, with the remainder from the 18th or 19th century. It is made of stone and features four square steps leading up to a chamfered base. The flat cross has a wider base, and its arms are slightly splayed at the ends. To the north, the stocks consist of two posts with decorative heads, while the post to the west is likely a replacement and shows mortises for two timber footboards.
Local climate
Village Cross and Stocks sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,130 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 89% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 85% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 65% 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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