Weeping Cross 4 metres south of south aisle to Church of St Lawrence is a Grade II listed building in the Staffordshire Moorlands local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 November 1987. Monument.
Weeping Cross 4 metres south of south aisle to Church of St Lawrence
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- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Staffordshire Moorlands
- Constituency
- Staffordshire Moorlands MP: Dame Karen Bradley (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 November 1987
- Type
- Monument
- Address
- Weeping Cross 4 metres south of south aisle to Church of St Lawrence, ST8 7RG
- OS grid reference
- SJ 889 590
- Coordinates
- 53.12811, -2.16589
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Weeping Cross is located 4 metres south of the south aisle of the Church of St Lawrence. It is possibly from the 15th century and was restored in the mid-19th century. The cross is made of stone and stands approximately 3 metres high. It features a three-tiered square, stepped base leading to a plinth block, which is chamfered and spurred at the angles to create an octagonal surbase. The shaft is chamfered and square, leading up to a head block that is topped with a small cross on a pyramidal base.
Local climate
Weeping Cross 4 metres south of south aisle to Church of St Lawrence receives an average of 910 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 69% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 52% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 45 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 87% of listed buildings. Of these, 25 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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