Gaveston's Cross is a Grade II listed building in the Warwick local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 April 1967. Monument.
Gaveston's Cross
- WRENN ID
- high-forge-hazel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Warwick
- Constituency
- Kenilworth and Southam MP: Sir Jeremy Wright (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 April 1967
- Type
- Monument
- Address
- Gaveston's Cross, Blacklow Hill, Leek Wootton and Guy's Cliffe
- OS grid reference
- SP 289 675
- Coordinates
- 52.30518, -1.57744
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Gaveston's Cross is a monument located in Leek Wootton, designed by J C Jackson in 1832. It commemorates the site of the execution of Piers Gaveston, who was the favorite and supposed lover of Edward II, in 1312. The monument is made of sandstone ashlar and stands 25 feet high. It features five stepped plinths, topped by a square base that has a plaque on its south face. Above the base are four square pillars that support a stone slab, which is topped with a heavy short stone cross. The plaque bears the inscription: "In the hollow of this rock was beheaded on the 17 day of July 1312, by barons lawless as himself, Piers Gaveston, Earl of Cornwall, the minion of a hateful king, in life and death a memorable instance of misrule."
Local climate
Gaveston's Cross receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 66% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 69% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 67% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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