Market Cross is a Grade I listed building in the Rutland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 May 1950. A Post-Medieval Market cross.

Market Cross

WRENN ID
sunken-gutter-gilt
Grade
I
Local Planning Authority
Rutland
Constituency
Rutland and Stamford MP: Alicia Kearns (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
8 May 1950
Type
Market cross
Period
Post-Medieval
Address
Market Cross, Market Place, Oakham
OS grid reference
SK 860 088
Coordinates
52.67036, -0.72817
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Market Cross is a 17th-century structure located in the Market Place. It features eight timber posts that support an octagonal stone slate roof, with a central stone shaft positioned on steps next to the stocks. The Market Cross, along with the stocks and the buildings at Nos 35 and 37, as well as Nos 1 to 3 Church Passage, form a significant group.

Local climate

Market Cross sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 76% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 79% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 63% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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