Memorial Stone and Base of Market Cross Opposite Junction with Combs Road is a Grade II listed building in the Kirklees local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 July 1985. Memorial stone.

Memorial Stone and Base of Market Cross Opposite Junction with Combs Road

WRENN ID
hidden-chamber-bracken
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Kirklees
Constituency
Dewsbury and Batley MP: Iqbal Mohamed (Ind)
Country
England
Date first listed
3 July 1985
Type
Memorial stone
Address
Memorial Stone and Base of Market Cross Opposite Junction with Combs Road, the Town
OS grid reference
SE 248 188
Coordinates
53.66544, -1.62534
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The memorial stone and base of the market cross, located opposite the junction with Combs Road, date from 1865, while the base itself is from the 17th century or earlier. The memorial features a large square post made of red sandstone, which is rendered in panels and has stop-chamfered edges. It is topped with a decorative four-gabled cap, although the finial is missing. One side of the stone once served as a drinking water fountain, complete with an iron bowl. The opposite side bears a brass plate commemorating Ridley Rewcastle, Clerk of Works on the Savile York Estates, who died on April 21st, 1865. This memorial was erected by the agent, builders, and other friends as a tribute to a just and faithful man. The cylindrical base of the cross, which is situated alongside the memorial, features a round socket at the top.

Local climate

Memorial Stone and Base of Market Cross Opposite Junction with Combs Road receives an average of 890 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 65% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 52% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 73% of listed buildings. Of these, 20 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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