Market Cross is a Grade II listed building in the Newcastle-under-Lyme local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 October 1949. Market cross. 1 related planning application.
Market Cross
- WRENN ID
- iron-landing-hawk
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Newcastle-under-Lyme
- Constituency
- Newcastle-under-Lyme MP: Adam Jogee (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 21 October 1949
- Type
- Market cross
- Address
- Market Cross, High Street
- OS grid reference
- SJ 848 459
- Coordinates
- 53.01093, -2.22714
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Market Cross in Newcastle under Lyme is a structure originally built in the late 18th century, though it has been extensively renewed in the late 20th century. It is made of stone and features a fluted Doric column topped with a plain abacus and a cast-iron lamp bracket. This column stands on a square plinth, which is elevated above circular steps.
Local climate
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 57% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 42 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 80% of listed buildings. Of these, 22 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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