Cross in the Churchyard About 18 Metres East of South Aisle of Church of St Mawgan is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 May 1988. Cross.

Cross in the Churchyard About 18 Metres East of South Aisle of Church of St Mawgan

WRENN ID
secret-soffit-bistre
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cornwall
Constituency
North Cornwall MP: Ben Maguire (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
12 May 1988
Type
Cross
OS grid reference
SW 872 659
Coordinates
50.45452, -4.99842
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The cross located in the churchyard about 18 metres east of the south aisle of the Church of St Mawgan is a pre-Conquest structure set on a 19th-century shaft. It is made of granite and features a small wheelhead with a slightly raised rim, displaying a carved raised Latin cross on both the front and rear of the head. The cross is mounted on a 19th-century tapered and chamfered shaft that includes run-out stops.

Local climate

Cross in the Churchyard About 18 Metres East of South Aisle of Church of St Mawgan 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 92% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 6 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 96% 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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