Cross Base Half A Metre East of the South Porch of the Church of St Andrew is a Grade II listed building in the East Lindsey local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 December 1987. A Medieval Cross base.
Cross Base Half A Metre East of the South Porch of the Church of St Andrew
- WRENN ID
- moated-nave-alder
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Lindsey
- Constituency
- Boston and Skegness MP: Richard Tice (RUK)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 17 December 1987
- Type
- Cross base
- Period
- Medieval
- Address
- Cross Base Half A Metre East of the South Porch of the Church of St Andrew, Church Lane, Firsby
- OS grid reference
- TF 455 626
- Coordinates
- 53.14093, 0.17397
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The cross base, dating from the 14th century, is located half a meter east of the south porch of the Church of St. Andrew on Firsby Church Lane. It is made of limestone ashlar and features an octagonal plinth with broached corners.
Local climate
Cross Base Half A Metre East of the South Porch of the Church of St Andrew receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 65% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 61% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 16 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 84% of listed buildings. Of these, 9 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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