Washaway Cross is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 June 1969. Cross.
Washaway Cross
- WRENN ID
- gaunt-pillar-spindle
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- North Cornwall MP: Ben Maguire (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 6 June 1969
- Type
- Cross
- Address
- Washaway Cross, Egloshayle
- OS grid reference
- SX 037 697
- Coordinates
- 50.49478, -4.76834
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Washaway Cross is a probably pre-Conquest granite cross located in Egloshayle. It features a tall wheelhead with a break between the shaft and the head. The wheelhead is adorned with a raised cross and rim, while the shaft displays the remnants of interlaced patterns on all four sides.
Local climate
Washaway Cross sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,000 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 89% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 10 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 90% 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 0.3°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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