Shepherds Cross Approximately 150 Metres South of Junction with Biddulph Park Road is a Grade II listed building in the Staffordshire Moorlands local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 April 1951. Stone cross.
Shepherds Cross Approximately 150 Metres South of Junction with Biddulph Park Road
- WRENN ID
- night-storey-thrush
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Staffordshire Moorlands
- Constituency
- Staffordshire Moorlands MP: Dame Karen Bradley (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 13 April 1951
- Type
- Stone cross
- OS grid reference
- SJ 896 604
- Coordinates
- 53.14093, -2.15648
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Shepherds Cross is a cross located approximately 150 meters south of the junction with Biddulph Park Road in Biddulph. It is believed to date from the 14th century and is made of rough-hewn stone. The cross stands about 1.2 meters high and has a square base, featuring a cruciform shape with several deep-cut incisions on its front face, the purpose of which is unknown.
Local climate
Shepherds Cross Approximately 150 Metres South of Junction with Biddulph Park Road 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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