The Market Cross is a Grade II listed building in the High Peak local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 December 1958. A C15 Market cross. 13 related planning applications.

The Market Cross

WRENN ID
dreaming-jamb-ridge
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
High Peak
Constituency
High Peak MP: Jon Pearce (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
4 December 1958
Type
Market cross
Address
The Market Cross, Old Cross, SK13 7RX
OS grid reference
SK 042 948
Coordinates
53.45007, -1.93815
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Market Cross is likely from the 15th century and was restored in the 20th century. Constructed from millstone grit, it comprises an octagonal shaft with pyramid stops on a moulded base and a squared plinth. The shaft rises to a moulded cap and is topped with a 20th-century Celtic cross. The cross was originally positioned adjacent to number 16 Church Street South and was moved from that location. A market charter was granted in 1290.

Local climate

The Market Cross sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,020 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 82% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 75% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 52 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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  • Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
  • Sale history — 5 transactions since 2006
  • Related listed building consents — 13 applications
  • Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
  • Flood risk assessment
  • Radon risk assessment
  • Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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