Giffard's Cross approximately 10 yards south of Giffard's Cross Lodge is a Grade II listed building in the South Staffordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 March 1973. Cross.
Giffard's Cross approximately 10 yards south of Giffard's Cross Lodge
- WRENN ID
- odd-loggia-rye
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Staffordshire
- Constituency
- Stone, Great Wyrley and Penkridge MP: Sir Gavin Williamson (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 5 March 1973
- Type
- Cross
- OS grid reference
- SJ 880 074
- Coordinates
- 52.66465, -2.17775
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Giffard's Cross is a cross located approximately 10 yards south of Giffard's Cross Lodge in Brewood, Staffordshire. Its exact date is unclear, but it has been in existence since at least 1838. The cross is made of wood and features pegged lap joints. The arms of the cross originally ended in trefoils. It is said to mark the spot where Sir John Giffard, who died in 1556, shot a panther.
Local climate
Giffard's Cross approximately 10 yards south of Giffard's Cross Lodge receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 50% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 78% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 40 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 78% of listed buildings. Of these, 20 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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