Cross in Churchyard, Approximately 2 Metres East of East Wall of South Aisle. Church of St Allen is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 November 1988. A Medieval Cross, monument.
Cross in Churchyard, Approximately 2 Metres East of East Wall of South Aisle. Church of St Allen
- WRENN ID
- high-foundation-auburn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- Truro and Falmouth MP: Jayne Kirkham (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 November 1988
- Type
- Cross, monument
- Period
- Medieval
- OS grid reference
- SW 822 505
- Coordinates
- 50.315, -5.05993
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The cross located in the churchyard, approximately 2 meters east of the east wall of the south aisle of the Church of St Allen, is a medieval granite structure. It is the top section of a monolithic cross classified as Class A3. The cross features a tapered shaft with neck flanges and a wheel head, measuring 44 centimeters in diameter and 19 centimeters thick. Each face of the cross has a raised cross, with the cut-away field reducing to a groove that descends to form margins on the shaft. This cross is also scheduled as an ancient monument in Cornwall, number 327.
Local climate
Cross in Churchyard, Approximately 2 Metres East of East Wall of South Aisle. Church of St Allen receives an average of 890 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 66% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 86% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 6 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 96% 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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