Market Cross is a Grade II* listed building in the King0s Lynn and West Norfolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 October 1951. A Medieval Market cross.

Market Cross

WRENN ID
open-screen-furze
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
King0s Lynn and West Norfolk
Constituency
North West Norfolk MP: James Wild (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
19 October 1951
Type
Market cross
Period
Medieval
Address
Market Cross, the Green, Castle Rising, King's Lynn and West Norfolk
OS grid reference
TF 665 248
Coordinates
52.79562, 0.46867
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Market Cross in Castle Rising is a 15th-century structure made of Barnack limestone. It stands approximately 7 meters high and features five tall steps topped with green sandstone. The cross has an octagonal plinth that is about 6 meters high, with clasping polygonal shafts at its corners. Above this, there is a low square base that supports a square block also around 6 meters high, which has attached shafts at the angles. The slender tapering shaft rises to a cross at the top. This cross is recognized as a Scheduled Ancient Monument in Norfolk, numbered 188.

Local climate

Market Cross receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 60% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 57% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 17 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 83% of listed buildings. Of these, 9 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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