Base of Cross Approximately 2 Metres South West of Tower of Church of Mary the Virgin is a Grade II listed building in the Melton local planning authority area, England. Cross base.
Base of Cross Approximately 2 Metres South West of Tower of Church of Mary the Virgin
- WRENN ID
- twisted-tallow-plum
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Melton
- Constituency
- Melton and Syston MP: Edward Argar (Con)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Cross base
- OS grid reference
- SK 770 200
- Coordinates
- 52.77295, -0.85968
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The base of a cross, dating from the medieval period, is located approximately 2 meters southwest of the tower of the Church of Mary the Virgin in Thorpe Arnold. It is made of limestone and features a square base with broach stops leading to an octagonal top, which supports the stump of an octagonal cross shaft.
Local climate
Base of Cross Approximately 2 Metres South West of Tower of Church of Mary the Virgin sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 78% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 83% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 69% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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