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

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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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