Market Cross is a Grade II listed building in the South Kesteven local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 May 1950. Monument.
Market Cross
- WRENN ID
- over-gargoyle-hawthorn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Kesteven
- Constituency
- Grantham and Bourne MP: Gareth Davies (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 8 May 1950
- Type
- Monument
- Address
- Market Cross, Market Place, Grantham
- OS grid reference
- SK 912 359
- Coordinates
- 52.91317, -0.64383
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Market Cross is located in the middle of the Market Place. It features an octagonal stone shaft that tapers to a circular cap, which is topped by a small modern iron cross. The structure has medieval origins, with the cap dating from the 18th century.
Local climate
Market Cross 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 81% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 88% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 65% 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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