Churchyard Cross at Church of All Saints is a Grade II listed building in the North Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 February 1988. Memorial cross.
Churchyard Cross at Church of All Saints
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- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Hertfordshire
- Constituency
- Hitchin MP: Alistair Strathern (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 8 February 1988
- Type
- Memorial cross
- Address
- Churchyard Cross at Church of All Saints, St. Paul's Walden
- OS grid reference
- TL 192 222
- Coordinates
- 51.88647, -0.2692
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The churchyard cross at the Church of All Saints was built in 1908 and is believed to be the last work designed by G.F. Bodley, who passed away in 1907. It was created as a memorial to Rev H.T. Valentine’s daughter, Clair, who was vicar from 1889 to 1906. The cross is made of sandy limestone, featuring weathered bedding planes, with marble inscribed panels set into the base. It resembles a wayside preaching cross and stands on a tall octagonal plinth that has three moulded steps. The inscription on the riser of the top step reads: "O SAVIOUR OF THE/WORLD WHO BY/THY CROSS AND/PRECIOUS BLOOD HAS/REDEEMED US. SAVE/US AND HELP US WE/HUMBLY BESEECH/THEE O LORD." The plinth is approximately 1.5 meters high and has an octagonal base block with hollow diagonal faces and a plain triangular feature. There is moulding around the bottom and flowers on the chamfered top edge. Each cardinal face of the base has an inscribed marble panel. The tapered octagonal fluted shaft features the monogram IHS on the east face within a shield. It is topped with an octagonal moulded cap and a crocketed ogee aedicule, which displays a crucifixion scene on the east side and Christ in Majesty on the west.
Local climate
Churchyard Cross at Church of All Saints sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 82% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 76% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 60% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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