Cross at SW 445325 Near St Madern's Well is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. Cross.

Cross at SW 445325 Near St Madern's Well

WRENN ID
quartered-spandrel-root
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cornwall
Constituency
St Ives MP: Andrew George (LD)
Country
England
Type
Cross
Address
Cross at SW 445325 Near St Madern's Well, Madron
OS grid reference
SW 445 325
Coordinates
50.13775, -5.5769
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The cross near St Maddern's Well, also known as Boswarthen Cross, is a Grade II listed wayside preaching cross from the medieval period. It is made of granite and features a wheel-head design with a short shaft, which is currently cracked. The cross is set in a rounded socketed base. On either side of the slender shaft, there is a patee cross in relief, creating a Latin cross appearance.

Local climate

Cross at SW 445325 Near St Madern's Well sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 970 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 75% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 96% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 1 freeze-thaw cycle a year, fewer than 99% of listed buildings. 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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