Base of Cross on South Side of Road at Corner of Drive to Church House Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Chorley local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 January 1987. Base of cross.
Base of Cross on South Side of Road at Corner of Drive to Church House Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- muted-bronze-sienna
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Chorley
- Constituency
- South Ribble MP: Mr Paul Foster (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 30 January 1987
- Type
- Base of cross
- Address
- Base of Cross on South Side of Road at Corner of Drive to Church House Farmhouse, Bretherton
- OS grid reference
- SD 476 203
- Coordinates
- 53.67727, -2.79413
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The base of a former cross, possibly from the medieval period, is located on the south side of the road at the corner of the drive to Church House Farmhouse in Bretherton. Made of stone, the base measures approximately one metre square with tapered sides and stands about 20 centimetres high above ground level. The upper surface features a filled-up circular recess.
Local climate
Base of Cross on South Side of Road at Corner of Drive to Church House Farmhouse sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,240 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 93% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 92% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 23 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 76% of listed buildings. Of these, 10 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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