Base of Cross Circa Seven Metres to South East of Yew Tree Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Huntingdonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 April 1987. Cross base.
Base of Cross Circa Seven Metres to South East of Yew Tree Cottage
- WRENN ID
- stubborn-cupola-bramble
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Huntingdonshire
- Constituency
- Huntingdon MP: Ben Obese-Jecty (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 April 1987
- Type
- Cross base
- Address
- Base of Cross Circa Seven Metres to South East of Yew Tree Cottage, Brington and Molesworth
- OS grid reference
- TL 084 759
- Coordinates
- 52.371, -0.40824
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The base of a medieval cross is located approximately seven metres southeast of Yew Tree Cottage in Brington. It is made of limestone and features stop-chamfered quoins, along with a broken shaft that once supported the cross.
Local climate
Base of Cross Circa Seven Metres to South East of Yew Tree Cottage 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 97% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 93% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 56% 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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