Churchyard Cross, 20 Metres South of the Church of St John the Baptist is a Grade II listed building in the North East Derbyshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 July 1989. Cross.
Churchyard Cross, 20 Metres South of the Church of St John the Baptist
- WRENN ID
- eternal-sandstone-burdock
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North East Derbyshire
- Constituency
- North East Derbyshire MP: Louise Sandher-Jones (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 7 July 1989
- Type
- Cross
- OS grid reference
- SK 352 783
- Coordinates
- 53.30137, -1.47179
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Churchyard Cross, located 20 metres south of the Church of St John the Baptist in Dronfield, is a medieval structure. It features an octagonal stepped base made up of three tiers, which supports an octagonal block. On top of this block is a square base with deeply chamfered corners, an octagonal upper face, and gabled sides. The base holds the stump of an octagonal cross shaft, which now has a sundial face on its upper surface.
Local climate
Churchyard Cross, 20 Metres South of the Church of St John the Baptist receives an average of 890 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 66% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 51% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 74% 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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