Market Cross is a Grade II listed building in the North Lincolnshire local planning authority area, England. Market cross. 1 related planning application.

Market Cross

WRENN ID
waiting-moulding-acorn
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
North Lincolnshire
Constituency
Doncaster East and the Isle of Axholme MP: Lee Pitcher (Lab)
Country
England
Type
Market cross
Address
Market Cross, Market Place, Epworth
OS grid reference
SE 783 037
Coordinates
53.52495, -0.82015
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Market Cross in Epworth has medieval origins and was reset in 1806. It is constructed from limestone ashlar and features a circular base with four steps that support a square pedestal. The pedestal has a plinth, panelled sides, and a stepped cap that contains a leaded socket and an iron spike for a former cross shaft. There is a small 20th-century plaque on the pedestal noting that John Wesley preached from these steps on many occasions. An illustration from around 1858 shows the cross with a tall shaft.

Local climate

Market Cross sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 85% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 90% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 60% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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