Cross About 20 Metres South of King's Acre is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 August 1987. Monument.
Cross About 20 Metres South of King's Acre
- WRENN ID
- hidden-pedestal-sorrel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- South East Cornwall MP: Anna Gelderd (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 28 August 1987
- Type
- Monument
- OS grid reference
- SX 051 581
- Coordinates
- 50.39116, -4.74258
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a cross located about 20 metres south of King's Acre in Luxulyan. It is probably medieval and made of granite. The cross stands approximately 50 centimetres high and features a head and arms with split rounded ends, resembling a cross pommée. It has been relocated from another part of the garden.
Local climate
Cross About 20 Metres South of King's Acre sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 990 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 80% 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 10 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 91% 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 0.2°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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