Anglo Saxon Cross 50 Metres East of Church of St Helen is a Grade I listed building in the Broxtowe local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 April 1987. A C11 Cross.
Anglo Saxon Cross 50 Metres East of Church of St Helen
- WRENN ID
- brooding-oriel-peregrine
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- Broxtowe
- Constituency
- Broxtowe MP: Juliet Campbell (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 April 1987
- Type
- Cross
- OS grid reference
- SK 489 373
- Coordinates
- 52.93135, -1.27392
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Anglo Saxon cross, dating from the 11th century, is located 50 meters east of the Church of St. Helen in Stapleford. It is made of ashlar with a dressed stone base and features a tapered square base topped with a spiked iron railing, which dates to around 1820. The shaft of the cross is also tapered and is adorned with interlace decoration, as well as carvings of an angel and a serpent. The cross stands approximately 3 meters high and has a lead cap. It was restored and moved in 1760, restored again in 1820, and re-sited once more in 1928. This cross is considered to be the most significant pre-Conquest monument in Nottinghamshire, according to Pevsner. It is also designated as a Scheduled Ancient Monument, County No. 6.
Local climate
Anglo Saxon Cross 50 Metres East of Church of St Helen 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 83% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 66% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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