Village Cross is a Grade II listed building in the South Kesteven local planning authority area, England. Cross.
Village Cross
- WRENN ID
- waning-corbel-finch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Kesteven
- Constituency
- Rutland and Stamford MP: Alicia Kearns (Con)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Cross
- Address
- Village Cross, Church Street, Skillington
- OS grid reference
- SK 895 258
- Coordinates
- 52.82277, -0.6719
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The village cross, dating from the 14th century, is constructed from ashlar stone. It features a worn lower section of an octagonal cross shaft that stands on a plinth with stop chamfers at the angles. This is elevated on three square steps.
Local climate
Village Cross sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 79% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 84% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 72% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 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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