Cross at Approximately 10 Metres South of Church of St Sennen is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 December 1988. Monument.
Cross at Approximately 10 Metres South of Church of St Sennen
- WRENN ID
- spare-slate-meadow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- St Ives MP: Andrew George (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 December 1988
- Type
- Monument
- OS grid reference
- SW 357 255
- Coordinates
- 50.07075, -5.69496
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a cross located approximately 10 metres south of the Church of St Sennen. It dates back to before the Conquest and is made of granite. The cross is a monolithic wheel-head that has been reset over the entrance to the churchyard. The visible face features a Greek cross in relief, which is connected to an outer rim, creating four quadrants in between. This cross is noted in the book "Granite Crosses of West Cornwall" by Laura Rowe and is designated as a Scheduled Ancient Monument 758.
Local climate
Cross at Approximately 10 Metres South of Church of St Sennen sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 980 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 78% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 97% of listed buildings.
It averages fewer than one freeze-thaw cycle a year. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.2°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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