Churchyard Cross Approximately 4 Metres South of Tower of Church of St Chad is a Grade II listed building in the Staffordshire Moorlands local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 December 1986. Monument.
Churchyard Cross Approximately 4 Metres South of Tower of Church of St Chad
- WRENN ID
- grim-cellar-twilight
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Staffordshire Moorlands
- Constituency
- Staffordshire Moorlands MP: Dame Karen Bradley (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 December 1986
- Type
- Monument
- OS grid reference
- SJ 928 509
- Coordinates
- 53.05582, -2.10859
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The churchyard cross, located approximately 4 meters south of the tower of the Church of St Chad, is likely from the 17th century. It is made of red sandstone and features a two-tier stepped octagonal base. The shaft is tapered and about 1 meter high, with deep chamfers and cyma recta stops. The head of the cross is enlarged and decorated with inscribed Ionic scrolls.
Local climate
Churchyard Cross Approximately 4 Metres South of Tower of Church of St Chad receives an average of 930 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 70% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 57% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 47 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 88% of listed buildings. Of these, 26 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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