Barton Cross is a Grade II listed building in the Preston local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 January 1986. Cross.
Barton Cross
- WRENN ID
- ghost-pier-sorrel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Preston
- Constituency
- Ribble Valley MP: Maya Ellis (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 13 January 1986
- Type
- Cross
- Address
- Barton Cross, Barton Lane
- OS grid reference
- SD 535 373
- Coordinates
- 53.83017, -2.70798
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Barton Cross is a re-erected cross dated 1901, situated on the base of a former cross that may date back to the late medieval period. The base measures approximately 2 meters square and is made of large slabs, featuring a large cubic block, likely part of a cheese press, with a tapered block on top that forms the pedestal for a simple stone cross. On the north side of the pedestal, there is a square stone with a hollowed center, which may serve as the footstone for the original shaft. The pedestal is inscribed on the north side, indicating that the cross was re-erected by Councillor R. Myerscough of Preston in 1901. This cross is located at the junction of an old track aligned on a north-south axis.
Local climate
Barton Cross sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,300 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 95% 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 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 60% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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