Base of Cross Approximately 1 Metre to South of Tower of Church of St Margaret is a Grade II listed building in the Rotherham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 December 1953. A Medieval Monument.

Base of Cross Approximately 1 Metre to South of Tower of Church of St Margaret

WRENN ID
muffled-flint-myrtle
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Rotherham
Constituency
Rawmarsh and Conisbrough MP: John Healey (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
11 December 1953
Type
Monument
Period
Medieval
OS grid reference
SK 451 993
Coordinates
53.489, -1.32034
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The base of a market cross, located approximately 1 metre south of the tower of the Church of St. Margaret in Swinton, is a medieval structure that has been resited. It features a sandstone plinth and shaft, along with a magnesian limestone cross base. The base is square with chamfer-stopped corners and has an inset octagonal shaft.

Local climate

Base of Cross Approximately 1 Metre to South of Tower of Church of St Margaret receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 52% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 85% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 73% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 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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