Village Cross is a Grade II listed building in the Rushcliffe local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 December 1965. Monument.

Village Cross

WRENN ID
broken-bonework-saffron
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Rushcliffe
Constituency
Rushcliffe MP: James Naish (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
1 December 1965
Type
Monument
Address
Village Cross, Church Gate, Colston Bassett
OS grid reference
SK 698 331
Coordinates
52.89167, -0.96301
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The village cross in Colston Bassett is a significant landmark, with an early base that possibly dates back to the 15th century and a shaft added in 1831. It features a sandstone base and a limestone shaft, set on an octagonal four-step podium. The classical shaft has an entasis on the moulded base, topped with a square abacus and a ball and stalk finial. This shaft was erected to commemorate the coronation of William IV. The cross is located in an important village center and is designated as a Scheduled Ancient Monument No. 40.

Local climate

Village 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 84% 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 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 66% 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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