Cross in Churchyard of Church of St Martin is a Grade II listed building in the East Lindsey local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 January 1986. Religious monument.
Cross in Churchyard of Church of St Martin
- WRENN ID
- far-pavement-crag
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Lindsey
- Constituency
- Louth and Horncastle MP: Victoria Atkins (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 30 January 1986
- Type
- Religious monument
- Address
- Cross in Churchyard of Church of St Martin, Church Lane, Waithe
- OS grid reference
- TA 283 006
- Coordinates
- 53.48731, -0.06671
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The cross in the churchyard of the Church of St. Martin is a 14th-century structure that was restored in 1861. It is made of ashlar stone and features a square base with stop-chamfered angles. The base supports an octagonal top, which is elevated on three 19th-century steps. The octagonal tapering shaft has a quatrefoil annular capital, a circular abacus, and a quatrefoil cross that depicts the Crucifixion.
Local climate
Cross in Churchyard of Church of St Martin 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 66% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 28 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 69% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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