Cross in Churchyard Approximately 3 Metres South of South Aisle, Church of St Allen is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 May 1967. Cross.
Cross in Churchyard Approximately 3 Metres South of South Aisle, Church of St Allen
- WRENN ID
- quartered-bailey-mint
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- Truro and Falmouth MP: Jayne Kirkham (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 30 May 1967
- Type
- Cross
- OS grid reference
- SW 822 505
- Coordinates
- 50.31495, -5.0601
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The cross in the churchyard is located approximately 3 metres south of the south aisle of the Church of St Allen. It is an early medieval standing cross made of granite. The cross features a tapered monolith with a rectangular shaft that is 194 centimetres high, set on an approximately circular granite base. The wheel head of the cross has a diameter of 45 centimetres and is 22 centimetres thick, displaying a cross pattee on each side. A cut-away groove runs down the shaft, forming a margin, and there are neck flanges below the head. This cross is scheduled as an ancient monument in Cornwall.
Local climate
Cross in Churchyard Approximately 3 Metres South 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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