Base and Shaft of Cross in St Mary and All Saints Churchyard is a Grade II listed building in the Wyre Forest local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 October 1952. A Medieval Cross. 3 related planning applications.
Base and Shaft of Cross in St Mary and All Saints Churchyard
- WRENN ID
- drifting-marble-ivory
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wyre Forest
- Constituency
- Wyre Forest MP: Mark Garnier (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 October 1952
- Type
- Cross
- Period
- Medieval
- Address
- Base and Shaft of Cross in St Mary and All Saints Churchyard, the Ringway, Kidderminster
- OS grid reference
- SO 830 769
- Coordinates
- 52.39022, -2.25073
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The base and shaft of a cross located in the churchyard of St Mary and All Saints date back to the medieval period. This cross was damaged during the Commonwealth and is noted in Leland's 'Itinerary'. It was relocated to its current position in 1876, at which time a new cross was erected.
Local climate
Base and Shaft of Cross in St Mary and All Saints Churchyard receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 59% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 67% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 69% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 3 applications
- 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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