Cross at Junction of Church Street and School Road is a Grade II listed building in the Shropshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 October 1987. A Late C19 Monument.

Cross at Junction of Church Street and School Road

WRENN ID
south-wall-shade
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Shropshire
Constituency
North Shropshire MP: Helen Morgan (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
21 October 1987
Type
Monument
Address
Cross at Junction of Church Street and School Road, Ruyton-Xi-Towns
OS grid reference
SJ 391 222
Coordinates
52.79456, -2.90391
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The cross at the junction of Church Street and School Road in Ruyton-XI-Towns is a late 19th-century structure made of red sandstone ashlar and painted wrought iron, designed in the Gothic style. It features an octagonal base with four chamfered steps that support a square shaft, which is enhanced by stepped diagonal buttresses. Each face of the shaft has a pierced cusped opening with hollow spandrels and a wrought-iron railing at the bottom, topped by a crenellated cornice. At the top, there is a stepped pyramidal finial adorned with a raised letter "A" (representing Arundel) and a patée fitched cross. A 20th-century inscription plate on the east side indicates that the cross is located on the site of the lock-up of the ancient manor and borough of Ruyton. This cross is included for its group value.

Local climate

Cross at Junction of Church Street and School Road receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 55% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 87% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 44 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 85% of listed buildings. Of these, 23 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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