Cross Base Approximately 25 Metres East of Church of St Nicholas is a Grade II listed building in the North Lincolnshire local planning authority area, England. Cross base.
Cross Base Approximately 25 Metres East of Church of St Nicholas
- WRENN ID
- idle-plinth-rowan
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Lincolnshire
- Constituency
- Doncaster East and the Isle of Axholme MP: Lee Pitcher (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Cross base
- OS grid reference
- SK 765 998
- Coordinates
- 53.48978, -0.84822
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The cross base, located approximately 25 metres east of the Church of St Nicholas, is a medieval structure that was reset in the 19th to 20th century. It is made of limestone ashlar with some brick patching at the base. The design features a drum pedestal with a square-section foot and broach stops leading to an octagonal upper section. At the top, there is a stump of a former cross shaft set in a leaded socket, which is broken flush with the top. The limestone and brick base has a single worn step on the south, east, and west sides. Locally, this cross base is known as the "Lady Mowbray" or "Hood Stone," due to its connection with the traditional "Haxey Hood" game held on January 6th, where it serves as the site for the Fool's Speech and the ceremony of "Smoking the Fool."
Local climate
Cross Base Approximately 25 Metres East of Church of St Nicholas 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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