Cronton Cross is a Grade II listed building in the Knowsley local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 January 1971. Cross. 1 related planning application.

Cronton Cross

WRENN ID
endless-bailey-sage
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Knowsley
Constituency
Widnes and Halewood MP: Derek Twigg (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
28 January 1971
Type
Cross
Address
Cronton Cross, Hall Lane
OS grid reference
SJ 493 886
Coordinates
53.39238, -2.76371
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Cronton Cross is a stone structure located at the junction of Hall Lane and Smithy Lane in Cronton. It features a substantial stone base with three square steps leading up to a large cube that has been carved from a single piece of stone, along with a stump of a shaft.

Local climate

Cronton Cross sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,010 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 81% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 66% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 27 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 71% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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