Village Cross is a Grade II listed building in the Wychavon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 February 1965. Monument.

Village Cross

WRENN ID
gilded-vault-thrush
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Wychavon
Constituency
Droitwich and Evesham MP: Nigel Huddleston (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
11 February 1965
Type
Monument
Address
Village Cross, Worcester Road, Wyre Piddle
OS grid reference
SO 964 474
Coordinates
52.12545, -2.05316
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Village Cross in Wyre Piddle is a late medieval structure featuring an octagonal shaft that stands on a pedestal with a graduated rectangular base. An additional moulded cornice head was added in 1844. This cross is part of a group of listed buildings located along Worcester Road on both the north and south sides.

Local climate

Village Cross receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 72% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 64% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 65% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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