Churchyard Cross is a Grade II listed building in the Derbyshire Dales local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 July 1985. Cross.
Churchyard Cross
- WRENN ID
- graven-wall-heath
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Derbyshire Dales
- Constituency
- Derbyshire Dales MP: John Whitby (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 12 July 1985
- Type
- Cross
- Address
- Churchyard Cross, Church Lane, Brailsford
- OS grid reference
- SK 244 412
- Coordinates
- 52.96818, -1.6367
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Churchyard Cross is a historic structure dating from the 10th century or earlier, located in the parish of Brailsford on Church Lane. It features a sandstone shaft that is set on a modern base, while the original base, which is square in shape and significantly weathered, stands on a stone slab to the side. The modern base includes inscriptions noting that the shaft was discovered beneath the original base in 1919 and was erected on the new base that same year. The shaft is incomplete and tapers, transitioning from a circular shape to a square, and it is intricately carved with figure scenes and interlace, reminiscent of notable northern examples like the Gosforth Cross in Cumbria.
Local climate
Churchyard Cross receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 50% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 61% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 40 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 78% 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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