The Cross House is a Grade II listed building in the Wychavon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 July 1987. Residential. 1 related planning application.
The Cross House
- WRENN ID
- gaunt-jade-aspen
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wychavon
- Constituency
- Droitwich and Evesham MP: Nigel Huddleston (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 July 1987
- Type
- Residential
- Address
- The Cross House, Childswickham, WR12 7HJ
- OS grid reference
- SP 073 385
- Coordinates
- 52.04485, -1.89386
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Cross House is a house dating from 1711. It is constructed of squared limestone with a stone slate roof. The house is two storeys high with an attic, and has three bays. It features sash windows with glazing bars, and a drip course above the ground-floor windows. Two attic dormers contain casement windows. The central window on the ground floor is positioned within a blocked doorway that has a cyma-moulded surround; above this is a plaque inscribed "TPE 1711". The gables are coped and have chimneys. The interior was inaccessible at the time of resurvey in December 1986.
Local climate
The Cross House 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 — 1 transaction since 2019
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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