The Cross on Gibbet Hill is a Grade II listed building in the Waverley local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 March 1960. Celtic Cross.
The Cross on Gibbet Hill
- WRENN ID
- slow-outpost-ochre
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Waverley
- Constituency
- Godalming and Ash MP: Sir Jeremy Hunt (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 March 1960
- Type
- Celtic Cross
- Address
- The Cross on Gibbet Hill, London Hill, Thursley
- OS grid reference
- SU 899 359
- Coordinates
- 51.11567, -0.7163
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Cross on Gibbet Hill is a Celtic cross erected in 1851 by Sir William Erle, who was the Chief Justice of the Common Pleas. This cross was built after the original Gibbet stone had been removed. It is made of Cornish granite and stands on a conglomerate base. The shaft tapers to a height of approximately 8 feet and features a round cross at the top. There is scroll carving on the front of the base, which includes the inscriptions: "POST TENEBRAS LUX," "POST OBITUM SAWS," "IN OBITU PAX," and "IN LUC SPEC."
Local climate
The Cross on Gibbet Hill receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 72% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 51% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 50% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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