Cross at Sw396251 (Alsia Cross) is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 December 1988. Cross.

Cross at Sw396251 (Alsia Cross)

WRENN ID
patient-copper-bramble
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cornwall
Constituency
St Ives MP: Andrew George (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
15 December 1988
Type
Cross
Address
Cross at Sw396251 (Alsia Cross), St. Buryan, Lamorna and Paul
OS grid reference
SW 396 251
Coordinates
50.06936, -5.63962
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The cross at Alsia, located at SW396251, is a Grade II listed structure dating from the Pre-Conquest period. It is a wheel-headed granite monolith featuring a horse-shoe shaped wheel-head that is attached to a tapered shaft. Each side of the cross displays a Latin cross in relief. This cross is documented in "Crosses of West Cornwall" by Laura Rowe.

Local climate

Cross at Sw396251 (Alsia Cross) 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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