Cross Base and Steps Approximately 15 Metres North of the Plough is a Grade II listed building in the West Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 March 1989. Monument.
Cross Base and Steps Approximately 15 Metres North of the Plough
- WRENN ID
- empty-arch-moth
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Oxfordshire
- Constituency
- Witney MP: Charlie Maynard (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 30 March 1989
- Type
- Monument
- OS grid reference
- SU 249 990
- Coordinates
- 51.69007, -1.64089
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The cross base and steps, located approximately 15 meters north of The Plough Inn, date from the 14th or 15th century. It is made of limestone and features a square base with ogee-chamfered corners and a square socket that still contains the bottom of the shaft. The base is set on three square steps, with the bottom step having a slight moulded overhang.
Local climate
Cross Base and Steps Approximately 15 Metres North of the Plough receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 62% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 60% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 52% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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