Cross Base Approximately 50 Metres West of Junction with Northway is a Grade II listed building in the West Lancashire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 October 1968. A Medieval Cross base.

Cross Base Approximately 50 Metres West of Junction with Northway

WRENN ID
dreaming-parapet-plum
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
West Lancashire
Constituency
West Lancashire MP: Ashley Dalton (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
11 October 1968
Type
Cross base
Period
Medieval
OS grid reference
SD 391 058
Coordinates
53.54583, -2.92024
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The cross base, located approximately 50 metres west of the junction with Northway on Aughton Mill Lane, is a medieval structure made of sandstone. It consists of a large square block of stone that features an empty socket designed for a shaft of rectangular shape, which is set diagonally.

Local climate

Cross Base Approximately 50 Metres West of Junction with Northway sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,140 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 86% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 18 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 82% of listed buildings. Of these, 8 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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