Head of Cornish Cross in Stone Hedge at SW 674 397 is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. Cross.
Head of Cornish Cross in Stone Hedge at SW 674 397
- WRENN ID
- mired-wicket-umber
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- Camborne and Redruth MP: Perran Moon (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Cross
- Address
- Head of Cornish Cross in Stone Hedge at SW 674 397, Whitcross Hill, Carn Brea
- OS grid reference
- SW 674 397
- Coordinates
- 50.21188, -5.26067
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The head of a Cornish cross, dating from the medieval period, is located in a stone hedge at Whitcross Hill, Carn Brea. It is made of roughly dressed granite and features a wheelhead type design. The east face has remains of raised carving, although the left side is damaged.
Local climate
Head of Cornish Cross in Stone Hedge at SW 674 397 receives an average of 880 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 65% 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 5 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 97% of listed buildings. Of these, 2 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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- No sale records on file
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