Red Cross Stone in Pleasaunce to the East of Tonacombe Manor is a Grade II* listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. Monument.
Red Cross Stone in Pleasaunce to the East of Tonacombe Manor
- WRENN ID
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- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- North Cornwall MP: Ben Maguire (LD)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Monument
- OS grid reference
- SS 209 145
- Coordinates
- 50.9022, -4.54782
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Red Cross Stone, located in the Pleasaunce to the east of Tonacombe Manor, is a cross shaft dating from the late 12th century. Made of grey Elvan, the shaft features a rough circular head that is inscribed with a cross-crosslet. This cross was discovered in 1918 near the path that used to connect Tonacombe Manor and Morwenstow Church. There are only three other known grey Elvan stone crosses in Cornwall, located at Padstow, Tintagel, and one near Truro, which is now in Eastbourne. The incised cross-crosslet design is unique to Cornwall, although similar motifs can be found on crosses in the Dartmoor borders. The cross-crosslet motif is believed to have originated in the late 12th century.
Local climate
Red Cross Stone in Pleasaunce to the East of Tonacombe Manor sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,170 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 90% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 97% 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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