Cross 1 Metre North of Church of Saint Wenappa is a Grade II* listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 February 1986. A Medieval Cross.
Cross 1 Metre North of Church of Saint Wenappa
- WRENN ID
- twelfth-kitchen-rye
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- Camborne and Redruth MP: Perran Moon (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 3 February 1986
- Type
- Cross
- Period
- Medieval
- OS grid reference
- SW 738 401
- Coordinates
- 50.21769, -5.17111
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a Grade II* listed cross located approximately 1 metre north of the Church of Saint Wenappa in Gwennap. The cross dates from around the 13th century and is made of granite, featuring a round head and a square base. It has been resited and repaired.
On the north side, there is a cross in relief on the shaft, topped with a bulbous head that has a convex moulded border surrounding a sunk panel. This panel displays a relief carving of Christ with outstretched arms, with His feet extending under the border and resting on the crossbar. The south side features a broad Latin Cross that nearly fills the head, also with a convex moulded border.
Originally, this cross stood on a hedge at Chapel Moor nearby but was moved to the vicarage garden around 1840 by the Reverend Thomas Philpotts. Part of the shaft was used in a nearby stile until the two parts were reassembled in the mid-20th century. Information about its former locations can be found in "History of Gwennap" by C.C. James.
Local climate
Cross 1 Metre North of Church of Saint Wenappa receives an average of 870 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 62% 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 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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