The Market Cross is a Grade I listed building in the Chichester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 July 1950. A C16 Market cross.

The Market Cross

WRENN ID
endless-rotunda-vermeil
Grade
I
Local Planning Authority
Chichester
Constituency
Chichester MP: Jess Brown-Fuller (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
5 July 1950
Type
Market cross
OS grid reference
SU 860 048
Coordinates
50.83651, -0.77917
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Market Cross is a Grade I listed structure dating from 1500. It features an octagonal shape with a central shaft, and the ground floor includes an open arcade and vaulting. A belfry and clock were added in 1724.

Local climate

The Market Cross receives an average of 910 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 69% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 94% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 7 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 96% of listed buildings. Of these, 4 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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