Cross 20 Metres to West of West Tower of Church of St Ildierna is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 March 1986. Cross.

Cross 20 Metres to West of West Tower of Church of St Ildierna

WRENN ID
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Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cornwall
Constituency
South East Cornwall MP: Anna Gelderd (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
26 March 1986
Type
Cross
OS grid reference
SX 171 515
Coordinates
50.33581, -4.57006
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is a boundary cross, now relocated to the churchyard, situated 20 meters west of the west tower of the Church of St Ildierna in Lansallos. It dates back to the medieval period and is made of stone, featuring a Latin cross with splayed arms and chamfered corners. The cross has incised designs on both faces and currently stands at a height of 0.8 meters and a width of 0.8 meters across the cross head, although it is partly buried underground. In 1896, Langdon noted that the cross was lying on the ground and highlighted its unique shape, describing it as the largest incised Latin cross discovered in Cornwall at that time, with dimensions of 5 feet high, 8 inches deep, 2 feet 6 inches wide at the cross head, and 11 inches wide at the shaft. The original site of the cross was at SX 17061576.

Local climate

Cross 20 Metres to West of West Tower of Church of St Ildierna sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,030 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 83% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 91% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 9 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 92% of listed buildings. Of these, 3 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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