Cross (At SW 395276) (The Witches' Cross) is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 December 1988. Cross.
Cross (At SW 395276) (The Witches' Cross)
- WRENN ID
- strange-hinge-cedar
- 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 SW 395276) (The Witches' Cross), St. Buryan, Lamorna and Paul
- OS grid reference
- SW 395 276
- Coordinates
- 50.09146, -5.64303
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Witches' Cross is a Grade II listed cross located at Crows-an-Wra in St Buryan. This cross features a pre-Conquest granite wheel-headed monolith that is set into a later 19th-century granite stepped base. The cross has a tapered integral shaft and is rectangular in plan, resting on a square base. One face of the cross displays a flared Latin cross in relief with recessed segments, while the opposite face features a recessed cross patee. The cross is noted in the source "Crosses of West Cornwall" by Laura Rowe and is designated as a Scheduled Ancient Monument.
Local climate
Cross (At SW 395276) (The Witches' 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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