St Guthlacs Cross is a Grade II listed building in the South Holland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 January 1961. Boundary cross.
St Guthlacs Cross
- WRENN ID
- distant-gable-alder
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Holland
- Constituency
- South Holland and The Deepings MP: Sir John Hayes (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 1 January 1961
- Type
- Boundary cross
- Address
- St Guthlacs Cross, Brothershome Bar, Crowland
- OS grid reference
- TF 260 149
- Coordinates
- 52.71753, -0.13555
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
St. Guthlac's Cross is a boundary cross dating from around 1200. It is made of limestone ashlar and features a tapering rectangular shaft that stands approximately 1 meter high. The sides of the cross are slender and roll-moulded, with a small spur to the left. An inscription frames the shaft, which begins with 'Hanc Petra Guthlac...' The remainder of the inscription is somewhat unclear but has been translated to mean 'This stone, I say, is Guthlac's utmost bound.' This cross marks the boundary of land that was formerly owned by Crowland Abbey. It was once thought to date from the early 10th century and is scheduled as an Ancient Monument, No. 8.
Local climate
St Guthlacs Cross sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 91% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 91% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 59% 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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