Village Cross is a Grade I listed building in the Peterborough local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 March 1962. A Medieval Cross.

Village Cross

WRENN ID
far-plinth-equinox
Grade
I
Local Planning Authority
Peterborough
Constituency
North West Cambridgeshire MP: Sam Carling (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
19 March 1962
Type
Cross
Period
Medieval
Address
Village Cross, Tallington Road, Bainton, City of Peterborough
OS grid reference
TF 094 060
Coordinates
52.64086, -0.38449
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Village Cross in Bainton is a medieval structure featuring a base set on four large steps, each measuring 18 inches by 12 inches and square in shape. Above this base is an octagonal stone, which supports an octagonal shaft approximately 18 inches high, topped with a stone ball.

Local climate

Village Cross sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 87% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 85% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 60% 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 0.3°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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