Cross Set in Garden Wall of the Cross House (Cross House Not Included) is a Grade II listed building in the Sefton local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 March 1973. Cross.
Cross Set in Garden Wall of the Cross House (Cross House Not Included)
- WRENN ID
- secret-keystone-honey
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Sefton
- Constituency
- Sefton Central MP: Bill Esterson (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 March 1973
- Type
- Cross
- Address
- Cross Set in Garden Wall of the Cross House (Cross House Not Included), Alt Road, Hightown
- OS grid reference
- SD 300 036
- Coordinates
- 53.52481, -3.05626
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a wayside cross located in the garden wall of the Cross House in Hightown, Crosby. The cross is now partly enclosed by a 20th-century garden wall built around it on three sides, with iron railings at the front. The base of the cross may date from the 17th century or earlier and has been restored, with the cross itself likely renewed around 1900. It is made of sandstone, featuring two courses of roughly-hewn sandstone that form the foundation. On top of this foundation is a rectangular block that supports the renewed cross, which has stop-chamfered corners, a shield on the boss, and hammer-ended arms.
Local climate
Cross Set in Garden Wall of the Cross House (Cross House Not Included) 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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- Sale history — 2 transactions since 1997
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