Cross at Approximately 10 Metres South of Church of St Levan is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 December 1988. A Early Medieval Cross.

Cross at Approximately 10 Metres South of Church of St Levan

WRENN ID
moated-cornice-honey
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cornwall
Constituency
St Ives MP: Andrew George (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
15 December 1988
Type
Cross
Period
Early Medieval
OS grid reference
SW 380 221
Coordinates
50.04212, -5.66024
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The cross located approximately 10 metres south of the Church of St Levan is a Grade II listed structure dating from the Pre-Conquest period. It is a tall granite monolith featuring a wheel-head and an integral tapered shaft. One side of the monolith displays a carved crucifixion that extends partly down the shaft, while the opposite side features a stop-ended Greek cross above a slender shaft. This cross is also designated as a Scheduled Ancient Monument, number 801.

Local climate

Cross at Approximately 10 Metres South of Church of St Levan sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 980 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 78% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 97% of listed buildings.

It averages fewer than one freeze-thaw cycle a year. 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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