The Cross is a Grade II listed building in the Wychavon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 July 1959. A Medieval Cross.
The Cross
- WRENN ID
- ghost-pediment-sepia
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wychavon
- Constituency
- Droitwich and Evesham MP: Nigel Huddleston (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 30 July 1959
- Type
- Cross
- Period
- Medieval
- Address
- The Cross, Childswickham, WR12 7HJ
- OS grid reference
- SP 073 385
- Coordinates
- 52.04498, -1.89378
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Cross is a late medieval cross with an 18th-century addition located in Childswickham. It is made of limestone and features a rubble base that has a square plan and one step. The socket stone, also square in shape, has pyramid stops at the corners. The tapering shaft is broached to an octagon, and above the cap, there is an 18th-century urn.
Local climate
The Cross receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 61% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 58% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 76% 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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- Sale history — 3 transactions since 2005
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