Churchyard Cross is a Grade II listed building in the Derbyshire Dales local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 October 1950. Monument. 1 related planning application.

Churchyard Cross

WRENN ID
half-floor-thistle
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Derbyshire Dales
Constituency
Derbyshire Dales MP: John Whitby (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
24 October 1950
Type
Monument
Address
Churchyard Cross, Church Yard, Wirksworth, DE4 4DP
OS grid reference
SK 287 539
Coordinates
53.08216, -1.57266
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Churchyard Cross is a 19th-century structure, erected in 1839. It comprises a stone shaft originally dating from the 13th century, now headless, set upon an earlier, small, plain base.

Local climate

Churchyard Cross receives an average of 870 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 63% 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 43 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 84% of listed buildings. Of these, 24 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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