Cross Base is a Grade II listed building in the Wyre local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 January 1986. Cross base.

Cross Base

WRENN ID
tilted-hearth-alder
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Wyre
Constituency
Lancaster and Wyre MP: Cat Smith (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
9 January 1986
Type
Cross base
Address
Cross Base, B6430, Claughton
OS grid reference
SD 502 421
Coordinates
53.87317, -2.75852
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Cross Base is a medieval structure made of sandstone, featuring an irregular boulder with a rectangular socket.

Local climate

Cross Base 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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