Head of Cornish Cross in Forecourt of the Donald Thomas Centre is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. Cross monument.
Head of Cornish Cross in Forecourt of the Donald Thomas Centre
- WRENN ID
- blind-dormer-yew
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- Camborne and Redruth MP: Perran Moon (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Cross monument
- Address
- Head of Cornish Cross in Forecourt of the Donald Thomas Centre, Chapel Street, Camborne, TR14 8EF
- OS grid reference
- SW 646 400
- Coordinates
- 50.21367, -5.29946
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The head of a Cornish cross, dating from the medieval period, is located in the forecourt of The Donald Thomas Centre on Chapel Street in Camborne. This cross is made of granite and features a wheelhead type design. It has remnants of an annular cap that would have been part of its former shaft. The circular face of the cross displays a raised figure of Christ set within a circular sunk panel.
Local climate
Head of Cornish Cross in Forecourt of the Donald Thomas Centre receives an average of 880 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 65% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 87% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 5 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 97% of listed buildings. Of these, 2 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2022
- No related consent applications matched
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