Preaching Cross Base About 50 Yards North-East of the Brook House is a Grade II listed building in the Wychavon local planning authority area, England. Preaching cross base.
Preaching Cross Base About 50 Yards North-East of the Brook House
- WRENN ID
- fallen-attic-sedge
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wychavon
- Constituency
- Droitwich and Evesham MP: Nigel Huddleston (Con)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Preaching cross base
- OS grid reference
- SO 945 584
- Coordinates
- 52.22452, -2.08143
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The preaching cross base, located about 50 yards northeast of The Brook House, is likely from the 14th century. It is made of sandstone ashlar and features a two-stepped octagonal base with chamfered upper edges. The base has a central socket for a cross shaft, which is now filled in.
Local climate
Preaching Cross Base About 50 Yards North-East of the Brook House receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 71% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 68% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 61% 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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