Cross base, in churchyard, approximately 5 metres west of west door of Church of St John is a Grade II listed building in the Barnsley local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 April 1988. A Medieval Cross base.

Cross base, in churchyard, approximately 5 metres west of west door of Church of St John

WRENN ID
ruined-postern-rush
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Barnsley
Constituency
Penistone and Stocksbridge MP: Dr Marie Tidball (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
27 April 1988
Type
Cross base
Period
Medieval
OS grid reference
SE 246 033
Coordinates
53.52602, -1.63
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The cross base, located in the churchyard approximately 5 metres west of the west door of the Church of St John, is possibly of late medieval origin. It is made of millstone grit and features a large design with corner spurs and a square socket, which may have originally supported a market cross. The base has been relocated about 5 metres from the site of the war memorial.

Local climate

Cross base, in churchyard, approximately 5 metres west of west door of Church of St John receives an average of 930 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 70% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 57% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 44 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 86% of listed buildings. Of these, 26 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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