Market Cross is a Grade II listed building in the High Peak local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 January 1951. Monument.
Market Cross
- WRENN ID
- stranded-copper-woodpecker
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- High Peak
- Constituency
- High Peak MP: Jon Pearce (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 25 January 1951
- Type
- Monument
- Address
- Market Cross, Market Place
- OS grid reference
- SK 058 733
- Coordinates
- 53.25675, -1.9142
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Market Cross in Buxton is a structure that likely dates back to the 15th century. It is made of weathered stone and features a rectangular tapering shaft with shallow rounded projections at the top. The cross stands on a tapered block and a stepped base. Originally located at Cockerd, off Palace Road, it was moved to the center of the Market Place in 1813 to align with the front of the Town Hall when the Market Charter was granted. It was relocated to its current position in the 20th century.
Local climate
Market Cross sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,060 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 85% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 74% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 51 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 93% of listed buildings. Of these, 32 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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