Cross at Approximately 60 Metres North of Church of St Erth is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 January 1988. Cross.
Cross at Approximately 60 Metres North of Church of St Erth
- WRENN ID
- veiled-cellar-plover
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- St Ives MP: Andrew George (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 January 1988
- Type
- Cross
- OS grid reference
- SW 549 350
- Coordinates
- 50.1651, -5.43237
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The cross located approximately 60 metres north of the Church of St Erth is a Grade II listed structure. It is a reused pre-Conquest cross set on a 19th-century tomb dedicated to Gilbart. The cross is made of granite and features a wheel-headed monolith with a short shaft, which is positioned on a large stepped pyramidal base made of dressed granite. The square base has an outer kerb with a chamfered edge, which was originally topped with iron railings. The cross head displays a roll-moulded border, with a depiction of the crucifixion on the front (west) side and a Latin cross with a short shaft on the opposite face.
Local climate
Cross at Approximately 60 Metres North of Church of St Erth 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 91% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 4 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 98% of listed buildings. Of these, 1 follows 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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