Cross on Churchyard Wall is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 July 1950. Monument.
Cross on Churchyard Wall
- WRENN ID
- stubborn-hinge-holly
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- St Ives MP: Andrew George (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 July 1950
- Type
- Monument
- Address
- Cross on Churchyard Wall, Penzance
- OS grid reference
- SW 464 270
- Coordinates
- 50.08949, -5.54644
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The cross on the churchyard wall is a 15th-century structure featuring only the head of a pierced wheel-head cross. One side displays five bosses, while the opposite side has a relief figure of Christ.
Local climate
Cross on Churchyard Wall sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 970 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 75% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 96% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 1 freeze-thaw cycle a year, fewer than 99% of listed buildings. 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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