Market Cross is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 January 1952. A Medieval Market cross. 1 related planning application.
Market Cross
- WRENN ID
- night-merlon-vale
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- St Austell and Newquay MP: Noah Law (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 7 January 1952
- Type
- Market cross
- Period
- Medieval
- Address
- Market Cross, Fore Street, Grampound with Creed, TR2 4QW
- OS grid reference
- SW 935 483
- Coordinates
- 50.29845, -4.89975
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Market Cross in Grampound is a 15th-century structure made of granite. It consists of the base and shaft of a cross, which is set on a large octagonal plinth that has two steps. The base is also octagonal and features cushion stops. The shaft is octagonal, tapered, and approximately 4 metres high, adorned with pyramid stops. At the top of the shaft, there is a collar that includes a fleuron frieze.
Local climate
Market Cross receives an average of 910 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 68% 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 7 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 95% 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 0.2°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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- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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