Cross in Front Garden of Cross Cottage, Waterlake is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 April 1985. Cross.

Cross in Front Garden of Cross Cottage, Waterlake

WRENN ID
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Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cornwall
Constituency
South East Cornwall MP: Anna Gelderd (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
30 April 1985
Type
Cross
Address
Cross in Front Garden of Cross Cottage, Waterlake, St. Winnow
OS grid reference
SX 102 634
Coordinates
50.43977, -4.67422
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The cross in the front garden of Cross Cottage in Waterlake is a medieval or earlier structure made of granite, standing on a raised earth mound. It features a rectangular shaft that is 1.35 metres high, topped with a round head measuring 65 centimetres in diameter. The east and west faces of the cross are decorated with an intaglio design and a border. The cottage to the east, which is not included in the listing, has a reused chamfered granite arch with a pointed head at its entrance.

Local climate

Cross in Front Garden of Cross Cottage, Waterlake sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 990 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 80% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 87% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 10 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 91% of listed buildings. Of these, 4 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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