Cross in Churchyard of Church of St Mary is a Grade I listed building in the Shropshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 November 1954. A Medieval Cross.
Cross in Churchyard of Church of St Mary
- WRENN ID
- pitched-lead-torch
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- Shropshire
- Constituency
- South Shropshire MP: Stuart Anderson (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 12 November 1954
- Type
- Cross
- Period
- Medieval
- Address
- Cross in Churchyard of Church of St Mary, Bitterley
- OS grid reference
- SO 570 772
- Coordinates
- 52.392, -2.63202
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The cross in the churchyard of the Church of St Mary is a 14th-century churchyard cross made of ashlar. It features a cross shaft with a tabernacle head set on a stepped plinth. The shaft is a plain tapered octagonal shape with chamfer terminations, resting on a square plinth that has a plain chamfered octagonal top edge, which is elevated on four simple hexagonal steps. The tabernacle head has four gabled niches capped with a finial and houses much eroded figurative sculptures. The head is supported by a raised ornamented band. The figures depicted are the Crucifixion on the west side and the Nativity on the east side. This cross is reputed to have been erected during the reign of Edward II and is noted as the best surviving churchyard cross in the county.
Local climate
Cross in Churchyard of Church of St Mary 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 62% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 42 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 81% of listed buildings. Of these, 21 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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