Cross Socket Base in the Churchyard of St Denys, Little Barford is a Grade II listed building in the Bedford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 February 2023. Monument.

Cross Socket Base in the Churchyard of St Denys, Little Barford

WRENN ID
white-chancel-hemlock
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Bedford
Constituency
North Bedfordshire MP: Richard Fuller (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
9 February 2023
Type
Monument
Address
Cross Socket Base in the Churchyard of St Denys, Little Barford, Approximately 14 Metres North East of the Church of St Denys, St Neots, PE19 6YE
OS grid reference
TL 177 569
Coordinates
52.19828, -0.27809
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The stone socketed base of a medieval standing cross is located in the north-east corner of the churchyard of the parish Church of St Denys in Little Barford. This cross base is made from a single piece of roughly dressed limestone and is octagonal in shape, measuring approximately 570-590mm in diameter. It features a square socket hole in the center of the top that is about 230mm across. The base stands approximately 350mm high, with the top edge chamfered on all sides. The socket itself is approximately 150mm deep. It is unclear if the cross base is resting on a buried plinth, as soil obscures the bottom on several sides.

Local climate

Cross Socket Base in the Churchyard of St Denys, Little Barford sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 690 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 98% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 91% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 53% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.4°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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