Cross Base and Stocks is a Grade II listed building in the Boston local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 November 1951. Cross base, stocks.
Cross Base and Stocks
- WRENN ID
- third-baluster-ebony
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Boston
- Constituency
- Boston and Skegness MP: Richard Tice (RUK)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 November 1951
- Type
- Cross base, stocks
- Address
- Cross Base and Stocks, Market Place, Swineshead
- OS grid reference
- TF 237 402
- Coordinates
- 52.94534, -0.15925
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The cross base and stocks in Swineshead Market Place date from the 14th century and 18th century. They are made of limestone ashlar and timber. The structure features a square base with three steps leading to the base of the cross. To the south of the cross base are the wooden stocks, which consist of two posts and a panel that contains two sets of holes. The weekly market in Swineshead was very significant until the 17th century, and an annual fair is still held in October.
Local climate
Cross Base and Stocks sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 88% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 84% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 29 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 67% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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