Wayside Cross at SW 817518 is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 November 1988. Cross.

Wayside Cross at SW 817518

WRENN ID
empty-rafter-woodpecker
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cornwall
Constituency
Truro and Falmouth MP: Jayne Kirkham (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
16 November 1988
Type
Cross
Address
Wayside Cross at SW 817518, St. Allen
OS grid reference
SW 817 518
Coordinates
50.32589, -5.06829
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Wayside Cross is a medieval structure made of granite, standing approximately 1 meter high. It is a monolithic cross that is currently set in a ditch. The cross features a wheel head and shoulder flanges of Class A3. Both faces of the cross display a raised cross pattee and a margin groove that extends down the shaft. There are perforations on the head and below the wheel. This cross is scheduled as an ancient monument in Cornwall.

Local climate

Wayside Cross at SW 817518 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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