Cross Approximateley 5 Metres East of Church of St Mary Magdalene is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 June 1993. Cross shaft.
Cross Approximateley 5 Metres East of Church of St Mary Magdalene
- WRENN ID
- broken-stair-claret
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- North Cornwall MP: Ben Maguire (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 7 June 1993
- Type
- Cross shaft
- OS grid reference
- SX 332 846
- Coordinates
- 50.63761, -4.35985
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The cross located approximately 5 meters east of the Church of St Mary Magdalene in Launceston is a Grade II listed structure. It is likely from the late medieval period and features a tapered chamfered granite monolith. The monolith has a tenon for a former head and pyramid stops, and it is set into an octagonal base made of volcanic stone.
Local climate
Cross Approximateley 5 Metres East of Church of St Mary Magdalene sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,030 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 83% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 84% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 18 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 82% of listed buildings. Of these, 8 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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