Cross Adjacent to South East Corner of Church of St Martin is a Grade II* listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 July 1981. Cross.

Cross Adjacent to South East Corner of Church of St Martin

WRENN ID
long-zinc-heron
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
Cornwall
Constituency
South East Cornwall MP: Anna Gelderd (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
22 July 1981
Type
Cross
OS grid reference
SX 254 643
Coordinates
50.45331, -4.46057
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The structure is a preaching cross located adjacent to the south-east corner of the Church of St Martin in Liskeard. It is a tall granite monolith shaped like a Latin cross, with a Latin cross incised on each face. The cross is set into a granite base and dates back to the medieval period or possibly earlier, before the Conquest.

Local climate

Cross Adjacent to South East Corner of Church of St Martin sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,020 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 82% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 85% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 16 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 84% of listed buildings. Of these, 7 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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