Cross Base Approximately 2 Metres South of First Bay of South Aisle of Church of St Peter is a Grade II listed building in the Wakefield local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 August 1986. A Medieval Cross-base.
Cross Base Approximately 2 Metres South of First Bay of South Aisle of Church of St Peter
- WRENN ID
- winding-corner-ivory
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wakefield
- Constituency
- Ossett and Denby Dale MP: Jade Botterill (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 August 1986
- Type
- Cross-base
- Period
- Medieval
- OS grid reference
- SE 319 130
- Coordinates
- 53.61262, -1.51889
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The cross base, located approximately 2 meters south of the first bay of the south aisle of the Church of St. Peter, is likely of medieval origin. It is made of dressed freestone and features a circular base with a short section of square shaft of a cross sunk into it.
Local climate
Cross Base Approximately 2 Metres South of First Bay of South Aisle of Church of St Peter receives an average of 860 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 62% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 60% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 75% of listed buildings. Of these, 21 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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