The Cross and Signpost is a Grade II listed building in the Wakefield local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 January 1976. Market cross.
The Cross and Signpost
- WRENN ID
- carved-threshold-russet
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wakefield
- Constituency
- Normanton and Hemsworth MP: Jon Trickett (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 January 1976
- Type
- Market cross
- Address
- The Cross and Signpost, High Street, Normanton and Altofts
- OS grid reference
- SE 387 227
- Coordinates
- 53.69981, -1.41525
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Cross and Signpost is a historic structure located on the east side of Normanton High Street. It features the stump of a market cross, which may date back to the medieval period, topped by a lamp-post that was added in 1904. The base of the cross is made of sandstone, square in section, and approximately 1 metre high with a tapered design. Atop the stump, a cast-iron lamp-post is attached by a square clasping-socket and has a moulded cap adorned with four dolphins whose tails are positioned upright. The lamp standard is decorated and has arms or branches on three sides, each featuring scrolled wrought-iron brackets. Former pendants from the branches, which were inscribed cartouches, were missing at the time of the survey in 1986, although the terminal lantern has been restored.
Local climate
The Cross and Signpost receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 56% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 89% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 71% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 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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