Base of A Cross in the Churchyard About 2 Metres South of Tower of Church of St Colanus is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 May 1988. A Medieval Cross base.
Base of A Cross in the Churchyard About 2 Metres South of Tower of Church of St Colanus
- WRENN ID
- gilded-buttress-grain
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- St Austell and Newquay MP: Noah Law (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 12 May 1988
- Type
- Cross base
- Period
- Medieval
- OS grid reference
- SW 868 612
- Coordinates
- 50.41275, -5.00205
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The base of a cross, dating from the medieval period, is located about 2 metres south of the tower of the Church of St Colanus in Colan. This cross base is made from granite and has a square plan. It features a square socket or basin and is set within an octagonal frame that has cushion stops at the outer four corners.
Local climate
Base of A Cross in the Churchyard About 2 Metres South of Tower of Church of St Colanus receives an average of 910 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 69% 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 8 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 93% 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 0.3°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.
More on this building
Sign in or create a free account to unlock:
- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- No related consent applications matched
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
Matched applications, energy data and sale records are assembled automatically and may contain errors. Flag incorrect data.
Similar buildings
The closest matches to this building from all 493,000 UK listed buildings, by architecture, period and materials.
- 1 Base of Cross About 22m South East of the Porch of the Church of St Peter and St James
- 2 Base of Cross
- 3 Base of A Cross at SW 815 597
- 4 Cross in the Churchyard About One Metre East of South Porch of Church of St Colanus
- 5 Base of A Cross in the Churchyard About 10 Metres West of Tower of Church of St Mewan
this building 1 similar nearby listed buildings