Highburton Cross is a Grade II listed building in the Kirklees local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 June 1965. Cross. 1 related planning application.
Highburton Cross
- WRENN ID
- scattered-pavement-fern
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Kirklees
- Constituency
- Ossett and Denby Dale MP: Jade Botterill (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 23 June 1965
- Type
- Cross
- Address
- Highburton Cross, Hall Lane, Kirkburton, HD8 0QW
- OS grid reference
- SE 191 135
- Coordinates
- 53.61818, -1.71269
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Highburton Cross is a stone cross located on Hall Lane in Highburton. The base and steps are medieval, while the shaft and finial date from the 18th century. The cross features a square base set on a two-step podium. The octagonal shaft has chisel markings, a narrow necking with a small capital, and is topped with a ball finial.
Local climate
Highburton Cross receives an average of 950 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 73% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 64% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 45 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 3 transactions since 1999
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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