Cross About 15 Metres South of Heligan House is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 November 1988. Cross.
Cross About 15 Metres South of Heligan House
- WRENN ID
- haunted-pier-onyx
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- St Austell and Newquay MP: Noah Law (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 November 1988
- Type
- Cross
- OS grid reference
- SW 999 463
- Coordinates
- 50.28349, -4.80997
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The cross located about 15 metres south of Heligan House is a pre-Conquest structure that has likely been re-sited. It is a granite monolith approximately 3 metres high, roughly hewn and set on a granite boulder. The shaft has a rectangular plan and is slightly tapered. The wheelhead features a raised carved patee cross on both the front and rear, with a slightly raised rim surrounding it. This cross is also designated as Ancient Monument number 246.
Local climate
Cross About 15 Metres South of Heligan House receives an average of 910 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 68% 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 7 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 95% 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 0.2°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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