Village Cross is a Grade II listed building in the Sefton local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 October 1968. A Medieval Monument.

Village Cross

WRENN ID
vacant-chapel-elder
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Sefton
Constituency
Sefton Central MP: Bill Esterson (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
11 October 1968
Type
Monument
Period
Medieval
Address
Village Cross, Lady Green Lane, Ince Blundell
OS grid reference
SD 320 035
Coordinates
53.52394, -3.0264
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Village Cross in Ince Blundell is a cross with a medieval base and a cross added in 1876. It is made of stone and features a square base that is raised on eight steps. The cross itself is chamfered and has small scrolls at the ends of its arms. The round center of the cross displays "IHS" on both the back and front.

Local climate

Village Cross sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,190 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 91% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 91% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 16 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 84% of listed buildings. Of these, 7 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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