Base of Preaching Cross, About 7 Yards South of the Parish Church of St John the Baptist is a Grade II listed building in the Malvern Hills local planning authority area, England. Monument.
Base of Preaching Cross, About 7 Yards South of the Parish Church of St John the Baptist
- WRENN ID
- sacred-pediment-oak
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Malvern Hills
- Constituency
- West Worcestershire MP: Dame Harriett Baldwin (Con)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Monument
- OS grid reference
- SO 721 516
- Coordinates
- 52.16219, -2.40929
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The base of a preaching cross, located about 7 yards south of the Parish Church of St John the Baptist, dates from the 14th century. It is made of sandstone and features a square base with an arched niche on the west side. The top is bevelled and octagonal, with a hollow, square centre designed to hold the cross shaft, which is marked with grooves from arrow-sharpening.
Local climate
Base of Preaching Cross, About 7 Yards South of the Parish Church of St John the Baptist receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 69% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 66% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 40 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 78% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 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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