Market Cross is a Grade II listed building in the Babergh local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 January 1958. Market cross.
Market Cross
- WRENN ID
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- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Babergh
- Constituency
- South Suffolk MP: James Cartlidge (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 23 January 1958
- Type
- Market cross
- Address
- Market Cross, Market Place, Lavenham, CO10 9QZ
- OS grid reference
- TL 916 493
- Coordinates
- 52.10911, 0.7966
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Market Cross in Lavenham Market Place was built around 1502 by a wealthy clothier named William Jacob, likely replacing an earlier timber cross. The original stepped base remains intact, while the octagonal shaft, which features a capital carved with fleur-de-lys and a ball finial, dates from the 18th century, with the carved date of 1725. The market that took place at this location was licensed by the crown in 1257 and continued until its decline in the 18th century. The Market Cross is also designated as a scheduled ancient monument.
Local climate
Market Cross sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 88% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 85% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 58% 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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