Cross Base is a Grade II listed building in the South Kesteven local planning authority area, England. Cross base.
Cross Base
- WRENN ID
- roaming-cupola-clover
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Kesteven
- Constituency
- Grantham and Bourne MP: Gareth Davies (Con)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Cross base
- Address
- Cross Base, Main Street, Ancaster
- OS grid reference
- SK 984 438
- Coordinates
- 52.98296, -0.53572
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Cross Base is a 14th-century structure made of ashlar stone. It features a square base with four cusped angles that create an octagonal plinth, which contains a square socket for the shaft base. The lower part of the shaft is square and transitions into a tapering octagonal section, of which approximately 4 feet remains. The surface is heavily worn. There is a vertical slot on the north side of the shaft, likely a later repair.
Local climate
Cross Base 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 80% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 89% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 62% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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