Cross Base with Part of Shaft, West of Tower of Church of St Thomas is a Grade II listed building in the Wyre local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 January 1986. Cross base. 1 related planning application.
Cross Base with Part of Shaft, West of Tower of Church of St Thomas
- WRENN ID
- vacant-moulding-candle
- 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 with Part of Shaft, West of Tower of Church of St Thomas, Church Street, Garstang, PR3 1PA
- OS grid reference
- SD 490 450
- Coordinates
- 53.89919, -2.77652
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a medieval sandstone cross base with a fragment of its shaft, located west of the tower of the Church of St Thomas in Garstang. The base is roughly rectangular in plan, with a rectangular socket where the shaft would have stood. The upper portion of the shaft is chamfered.
Local climate
Cross Base with Part of Shaft, West of Tower of Church of St Thomas 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 2007
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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