Holyway Cross (Ngr Sx 273823) is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 November 1960. Wayside cross.

Holyway Cross (Ngr Sx 273823)

WRENN ID
heavy-bastion-lichen
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cornwall
Constituency
North Cornwall MP: Ben Maguire (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
22 November 1960
Type
Wayside cross
Address
Holyway Cross (Ngr Sx 273823), South Petherwin
OS grid reference
SX 272 823
Coordinates
50.61498, -4.44281
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Holyway Cross is a wayside cross, likely dating from before the conquest. It is a granite monolith approximately 7 feet tall, set on a later granite base. The shaft has a rectangular section and features a circular head with lugs at the angles of both the shaft and head. The corners of the shaft are moulded. On both faces of the head, there is an Alisee patee cross carved in low relief, with the lower arm extending onto the shaft in the form of a blade. It is also designated as a Scheduled Ancient Monument No 291.

Local climate

Holyway Cross (Ngr Sx 273823) sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,030 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 83% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 84% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 18 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 82% of listed buildings. Of these, 8 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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