Cross approximately 5 yards west of No. 51 (Cross House) is a Grade II listed building in the Newcastle-under-Lyme local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 July 1951. Cross.
Cross approximately 5 yards west of No. 51 (Cross House)
- WRENN ID
- seventh-paling-hawk
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Newcastle-under-Lyme
- Constituency
- Stoke-on-Trent North MP: David Williams (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 17 July 1951
- Type
- Cross
- OS grid reference
- SJ 825 532
- Coordinates
- 53.07599, -2.26149
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This village cross, located approximately 5 yards west of No. 51 (Cross House) in Talke, Kidsgrove, is likely from the 13th century and was restored in 1887. It features a medieval stepped base, with a panel on the west side of the top step inscribed "ERECTED A.D. 1253 / RESTORED A.D. 1887." The 19th-century square shaft has wide chamfers and run-out stops, and it is topped by a cross.
Local climate
Cross approximately 5 yards west of No. 51 (Cross House) receives an average of 900 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 67% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 54% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 43 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 84% of listed buildings. Of these, 23 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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