Churchyard Cross About 5 Metres South of the South Porch of the Church of St Mary Magdalene is a Grade II* listed building in the Shropshire local planning authority area, England. A Medieval Churchyard cross.
Churchyard Cross About 5 Metres South of the South Porch of the Church of St Mary Magdalene
- WRENN ID
- eastward-trefoil-dale
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Shropshire
- Constituency
- The Wrekin MP: Mark Pritchard (Con)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Churchyard cross
- Period
- Medieval
- OS grid reference
- SJ 809 044
- Coordinates
- 52.6371, -2.28321
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a churchyard cross located about 5 meters south of the south porch of the Church of St. Mary Magdalene. It dates from the 14th or 15th century and features a base with a shaft and head that were repaired in the early 20th century. The cross is made of sandstone and has an octagonal tapering shaft topped with a foliated cross head, which sits in a socket stone on a four-stepped square plinth. The bottom two steps of the plinth are very worn and are original, while the top two steps are replacements from the 20th century. Only the bottom meter of the shaft is original; the rest and the cross head were restored in the early 20th century. In the late 19th century, the original part of the shaft was used as a pedestal for a sundial. The upper edge of the socket stone is decorated with cable moulding and has faces at its corners. The cable moulding on the socket stone is similar to that found on the cross at the Church of St. Cuthbert in Donington.
Local climate
Churchyard Cross About 5 Metres South of the South Porch of the Church of St Mary Magdalene 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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