Cross Base is a Grade II* listed building in the North Kesteven local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 February 1967. A Medieval Monument.
Cross Base
- WRENN ID
- peeling-balcony-merlin
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- North Kesteven
- Constituency
- Grantham and Bourne MP: Gareth Davies (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 1 February 1967
- Type
- Monument
- Period
- Medieval
- Address
- Cross Base, London Road, Silk Willoughby
- OS grid reference
- TF 056 429
- Coordinates
- 52.97369, -0.42812
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Cross base dating from the 14th century, made of limestone ashlar. It features a square base block with carved beasts at the corners, and the side panels are adorned with the Symbols of the Evangelists in deep relief. Above the base is a tapering square shaft that connects to the base through stop-chamfered edges. This structure is also designated as a Scheduled Ancient Monument No 79.
Local climate
Cross Base sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 81% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 87% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 54% 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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