Village Cross is a Grade II listed building in the Breckland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 July 1951. Village cross. 2 related planning applications.
Village Cross
- WRENN ID
- patient-casement-laurel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Breckland
- Constituency
- Mid Norfolk MP: George Freeman (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 21 July 1951
- Type
- Village cross
- Address
- Village Cross, the Green, Caston, NR17 1DB
- OS grid reference
- TL 958 975
- Coordinates
- 52.54089, 0.88727
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a 15th-century village cross, located on The Green in Caston. Constructed of ashlar stone with brick repairs, the cross features a double plinth and the remains of a shaft in three stages. The base is circular, culminating in an overhanging plate. Above this is a circular stage constructed with brick in a header bond, also topped with a plate. The square shaft has weathered cinquefoil arcading on all sides. The cross is designated as an Ancient Monument (County No. 45).
Local climate
Village Cross 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 84% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 98% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 64% 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 5 transactions since 1997
- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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