Walton Cross 100 Yards North of Walton Cross Farmhouse is a Grade II* listed building in the Kirklees local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 January 1967. A Early Medieval Cross.

Walton Cross 100 Yards North of Walton Cross Farmhouse

WRENN ID
rough-buttress-wagtail
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
Kirklees
Constituency
Spen Valley MP: Kim Leadbeater (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
12 January 1967
Type
Cross
Period
Early Medieval
OS grid reference
SE 176 237
Coordinates
53.71027, -1.73463
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Walton Cross, located 100 yards north of Walton Cross Farmhouse, is a Grade II* listed structure believed to date from the 11th century. It features a massive gritstone base that is rectangular and tapers upwards, with a large, well-cut socket at the top for a shaft. The cross is ornamented on all four sides: two sides display thin interlace patterns, one side has a roundel with interlace and two confronted beasts below it, and the fourth side is adorned with a scroll and four birds set within a double frame of interlace. The history of the cross remains uncertain.

Local climate

Walton Cross 100 Yards North of Walton Cross Farmhouse receives an average of 930 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 71% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 61% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 41 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 79% of listed buildings. Of these, 22 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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