The Village Cross is a Grade II listed building in the Rushcliffe local planning authority area, England. Village cross.

The Village Cross

WRENN ID
distant-zinc-crimson
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Rushcliffe
Constituency
Rushcliffe MP: James Naish (Lab)
Country
England
Type
Village cross
Address
The Village Cross, Top Green, Upper Broughton
OS grid reference
SK 680 260
Coordinates
52.82808, -0.99076
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Village Cross is a medieval village cross located in Upper Broughton, made of limestone. It features a square short shaft that stands on a deep base, and it is set on a well-worn two-step podium. The cross occupies a prominent site in the village center.

Local climate

The 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 81% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 70% 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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