Butter Cross is a Grade II* listed building in the West Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 May 1952. Market building.
Butter Cross
- WRENN ID
- seventh-slate-falcon
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- West Oxfordshire
- Constituency
- Witney MP: Charlie Maynard (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 May 1952
- Type
- Market building
- Address
- Butter Cross, Market Square, Witney
- OS grid reference
- SP 356 095
- Coordinates
- 51.78364, -1.48521
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Butter Cross is a market building located in Witney Market Square, dating from the late 16th century to early 17th century, with a cupola added in 1683 and 19th-century repair work. It features a render over a timber frame with cross gables and is supported by 13 round limestone ashlar piers. The roof is covered with stone slates and has a lean-to pentice roof on all sides. At the top, there is a clock-turret with a cupola and a sundial, which has a medallion inscribed "Erected 1683 by Gulilmus Blake Armiger of Cogges." Inside, there is a central stone pier that stands on three stone steps, and dentilled wall plates are trenched across the cross-beams to support the roof. The Blake family, who owned Manor Farm in Cogges, are historically associated with this building. The Butter Cross is also scheduled as an Ancient Monument.
Local climate
Butter Cross receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 64% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 62% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 52% 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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