Base of Village Cross is a Grade II listed building in the South Cambridgeshire local planning authority area, England. Cross.

Base of Village Cross

WRENN ID
grim-banister-curlew
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
South Cambridgeshire
Constituency
Ely and East Cambridgeshire MP: Charlotte Cane (LD)
Country
England
Type
Cross
Address
Base of Village Cross, the Green, Rampton
OS grid reference
TL 426 679
Coordinates
52.29142, 0.09043
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The base and stump of a village cross, dating from the medieval period, is located on the north side of The Green in Rampton. It is made of limestone and shows significant wear.

Local climate

Base of Village Cross 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 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 53% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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