Churchyard Cross is a Grade II listed building in the Staffordshire Moorlands local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 February 2016. Monument.
Churchyard Cross
- WRENN ID
- woven-lantern-crow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Staffordshire Moorlands
- Constituency
- Stoke-on-Trent South MP: Dr Allison Gardner (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 February 2016
- Type
- Monument
- Address
- Churchyard Cross, St. Marys Roman Catholic Church, Cresswell Old Lane, Cresswell, Stoke-On-Trent, Draycott in the Moors, ST11 9RF
- OS grid reference
- SJ 979 393
- Coordinates
- 52.95166, -2.03236
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a churchyard cross from the mid-19th century, attributed to A W N Pugin. It is made of ashlar, likely sandstone. The cross features a tall octagonal shaft topped with a foliage capital that supports a wheel-head cross with foliate terminals. The base of the cross is also octagonal and has broach stops, raised on two steps.
Local climate
Churchyard Cross receives an average of 870 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 62% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 55% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 42 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 80% 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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