Village Cross is a Grade II listed building in the Wyre local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 April 1967. Village cross.

Village Cross

WRENN ID
over-paling-sunrise
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Wyre
Constituency
Lancaster and Wyre MP: Cat Smith (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
17 April 1967
Type
Village cross
Address
Village Cross, Church Street, Kirkland, PR3 0HT
OS grid reference
SD 481 429
Coordinates
53.88024, -2.79047
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The village cross, located in Churchtown on Kirkland Church Street, dates from the late 18th century and is made of sandstone. It features a Tuscan column with a pedestal, topped by a square block that has a sundial on its southern face and a ball finial above. The cross is set on a base consisting of two square steps with nosings.

Local climate

Village Cross sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,350 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 96% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 96% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 26 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 72% of listed buildings. Of these, 11 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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