Cross in Churchyard of Church of St Andrew is a Grade II listed building in the North Kesteven local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 October 1988. A Medieval Monument.
Cross in Churchyard of Church of St Andrew
- WRENN ID
- sleeping-passage-spindle
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Kesteven
- Constituency
- Grantham and Bourne MP: Gareth Davies (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 12 October 1988
- Type
- Monument
- Period
- Medieval
- Address
- Cross in Churchyard of Church of St Andrew, Church Street, Heckington
- OS grid reference
- TF 142 441
- Coordinates
- 52.98207, -0.29904
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The churchyard cross, located 9 yards south of the south transept of the Church of St. Andrew, dates back to the 14th century. It is made of limestone ashlar and features three square steps that support a square block with a chamfered plinth. From this block, a tapering octagonal shaft rises, which is accentuated by stop chamfers.
Local climate
Cross in Churchyard of Church of St Andrew 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 84% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 85% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 61% 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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