Cross Shaft is a Grade II listed building in the North Norfolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 April 1987. Cross shaft.
Cross Shaft
- WRENN ID
- distant-pewter-stoat
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Norfolk
- Constituency
- North Norfolk MP: Steff Aquarone (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 April 1987
- Type
- Cross shaft
- Address
- Cross Shaft, Colby
- OS grid reference
- TG 220 311
- Coordinates
- 52.83174, 1.29423
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The cross shaft, located about 2 meters south of the porch at the Church of St. Giles, is a medieval stone structure. It features remains of a chamfered cross shaft and base. The cross shaft was restored and placed on a plinth in 1900.
Local climate
Cross Shaft receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 73% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 57% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 12 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 89% of listed buildings. Of these, 7 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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