Cross in Churchyard of Church of St Margaret 5 Metres South of the South Nave is a Grade II listed building in the East Lindsey local planning authority area, England. A Medieval Cross, monument.
Cross in Churchyard of Church of St Margaret 5 Metres South of the South Nave
- WRENN ID
- lunar-terrace-auburn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Lindsey
- Constituency
- Louth and Horncastle MP: Victoria Atkins (Con)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Cross, monument
- Period
- Medieval
- OS grid reference
- TF 343 726
- Coordinates
- 53.23394, 0.01174
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a cross located in the churchyard of the Church of St. Margaret, positioned 5 metres south of the south nave. The cross dates from the 15th century and the 19th century. It is made of ashlar stone and features a square base with a 19th-century tapering octagonal shaft that has broach stops on alternate sides of the base. The shaft is topped with a castellated capital, which supports a restored 15th-century cross. The cross displays effigies of Christ on one side and the Virgin and Child on the other, with a castellated triangular hood mould above.
Local climate
Cross in Churchyard of Church of St Margaret 5 Metres South of the South Nave 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 80% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 73% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 61% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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