Cross in the Churchyard of the Church of St Nicholas is a Grade II listed building in the North Kesteven local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 January 1990. Churchyard cross.
Cross in the Churchyard of the Church of St Nicholas
- WRENN ID
- sharp-timber-reed
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Kesteven
- Constituency
- Grantham and Bourne MP: Gareth Davies (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 January 1990
- Type
- Churchyard cross
- Address
- Cross in the Churchyard of the Church of St Nicholas, Main Street, Walcot Near Folkingham
- OS grid reference
- TF 060 351
- Coordinates
- 52.90321, -0.42538
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The churchyard cross in the churchyard of the Church of St. Nicholas dates from the 14th century and is made of limestone ashlar. It consists of the shaft only, which is octagonal in shape with narrow sections and facetted angles. The shaft has been reset in an irregular base block, and at the top, there is a crude iron sundial.
Local climate
Cross in the Churchyard of the Church of St Nicholas 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 82% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 86% 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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