Conduit or Market Cross is a Grade II listed building in the East Staffordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 October 1950. Market cross. 2 related planning applications.
Conduit or Market Cross
- WRENN ID
- nether-groin-martin
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Staffordshire
- Constituency
- Burton and Uttoxeter MP: Jacob Collier (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 October 1950
- Type
- Market cross
- Address
- Conduit or Market Cross, Market Place, Uttoxeter, ST14 8HF
- OS grid reference
- SK 092 334
- Coordinates
- 52.89813, -1.86431
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Conduit or Market Cross, built in 1756, is a Grade II listed structure located in the Market Place. This early 19th-century building is made of freestone and designed in a classical style. It has a cube shape with identical faces, each featuring an arched recess under a dentilled pediment supported by pilasters. The entire structure is topped with a dome on a square plinth, which is further adorned with a 19th-century cast iron lamp bracket. On the west side, there is a bas-relief depicting Dr. Johnson doing penance in the Market Place. This relief resembles those created by Lucas for the Johnson memorial statue in Lichfield but was likely added in the late 19th century.
Local climate
Conduit or Market Cross receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 57% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 63% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 41 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 79% 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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- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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