Churchyard Cross About 10 Metres South of the Tower of the Church of St Cuthbert is a Grade II* listed building in the Shropshire local planning authority area, England. A Medieval Monument.
Churchyard Cross About 10 Metres South of the Tower of the Church of St Cuthbert
- WRENN ID
- south-slate-sunrise
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Shropshire
- Constituency
- The Wrekin MP: Mark Pritchard (Con)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Monument
- Period
- Medieval
- OS grid reference
- SJ 808 046
- Coordinates
- 52.63916, -2.28404
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The churchyard cross, now functioning as a sundial, is located about 10 meters south of the tower of the Church of St. Cuthbert. It dates from the medieval period, likely the 14th or 15th century, and is made of sandstone. The cross features a square socket stone set on what is probably a later stone plinth, with a fragment of the shaft that is approximately 0.8 meters high. The upper edge of the socket stone is adorned with cable moulding and grotesque faces at the corners. The shaft has a square base that is broached to create an octagonal section, serving as the base for the sundial. The cable moulding and the faces on the corners of the shaft closely resemble those found on the cross at the nearby Church of St. Mary Magdalene in Albrighton.
Local climate
Churchyard Cross About 10 Metres South of the Tower of the Church of St Cuthbert receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 54% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 75% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 72% 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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