Top of Cornish cross mounted next to chancel wall of Church of St John the Evangelist is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. A Medieval Monument. 1 related planning application.
Top of Cornish cross mounted next to chancel wall of Church of St John the Evangelist
- WRENN ID
- idle-portal-vetch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- Camborne and Redruth MP: Perran Moon (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Monument
- Period
- Medieval
- Address
- Top of Cornish cross mounted next to chancel wall of Church of St John the Evangelist, Treslothan, Camborne, TR14 9LP
- OS grid reference
- SW 650 378
- Coordinates
- 50.19364, -5.29291
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The top of a Cornish cross is mounted next to the chancel wall of the Church of St John the Evangelist in Camborne. This medieval cross is made of granite and is of the wheelhead type. It stands approximately 80 centimeters high, with a shaft that is 21 centimeters wide and a head that measures 48 centimeters in diameter. The front features a raised figure of Christ set in a sunk panel, while the back displays a raised Latin cross. Originally, this cross was mounted on a hedge at Killivose crossroads, was removed to Pendarves around 1888, and was relocated to its current site in 1955.
Local climate
Top of Cornish cross mounted next to chancel wall of Church of St John the Evangelist receives an average of 880 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 65% 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 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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