Cross Base in Churchyard of St Matthews Church is a Grade II* listed building in the Calderdale local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 January 1967. Cross base.

Cross Base in Churchyard of St Matthews Church

WRENN ID
floating-joist-sable
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
Calderdale
Constituency
Calder Valley MP: Josh Fenton-Glynn (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
3 January 1967
Type
Cross base
Address
Cross Base in Churchyard of St Matthews Church, Church Street
OS grid reference
SE 138 215
Coordinates
53.69065, -1.79204
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The cross base in the churchyard of St. Matthew's Church is an Anglian cross base dating from the 10th or 11th century. It is a solid large stone block with four tapering sides and an indented head where the cross shaft would have been, although this is now missing. Each of the four faces features moulded edges and relief carvings, with two sides displaying a foliated vine scroll and one side being blind. The face that fronts the street is divided into two panels with geometric interlace patterns. This cross base is a rare survival and is likely in its original position, where it would have been used as a preaching cross. It shares a similar character with the Walton cross in Hartshead, Kirklees District.

Local climate

Cross Base in Churchyard of St Matthews Church sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 980 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 78% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 71% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 46 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 87% 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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