Churchyard Cross is a Grade II listed building in the Herefordshire, County of local planning authority area, England. Churchyard cross.
Churchyard Cross
- WRENN ID
- peeling-stone-weasel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Herefordshire, County of
- Constituency
- Hereford and South Herefordshire MP: Jesse Norman (Con)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Churchyard cross
- Address
- Churchyard Cross, Preston on Wye
- OS grid reference
- SO 383 424
- Coordinates
- 52.07685, -2.90049
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The churchyard cross in Preston-on-Wye is likely from the 14th century and is constructed from ashlar stone. It features a square base step topped by a socket stone. The socket stone is square at the bottom and transitions to an octagonal shape, which includes a small semi-circular niche on the west face. There is also a fragment of an octagonal stem set within the socket.
Local climate
Churchyard Cross receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 54% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 60% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 47 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 88% of listed buildings. Of these, 24 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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