Village Cross is a Grade II* listed building in the King0s Lynn and West Norfolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 July 1959. A Medieval Monument.
Village Cross
- WRENN ID
- lesser-pier-myrtle
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- King0s Lynn and West Norfolk
- Constituency
- South West Norfolk MP: Terry Jermy (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 8 July 1959
- Type
- Monument
- Period
- Medieval
- Address
- Village Cross, Village Green, Hockwold Cum Wilton, King's Lynn and West Norfolk
- OS grid reference
- TL 735 880
- Coordinates
- 52.46317, 0.55284
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Village Cross, dating from the early 14th century, is located on the village green of Hockwold cum Wilton. It is constructed of ashlar stone set upon an octagonal brick pedestal. The pedestal features an ashlar cornice that supports a plinth. Above this, there is a square socket stone that is chamfered into an octagon, with stop angles at the cardinal points. The shaft of the cross is designed as a tapering column with four rounded lobes, arranged to create the appearance of four deep rolls. Although it is topped with a crowned cap, the cross itself is missing.
Local climate
Village Cross sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 89% 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 29 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 68% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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