Cross Base at SW 989 478 is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 February 1967. Cross base.
Cross Base at SW 989 478
- WRENN ID
- sheer-bracket-wax
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- St Austell and Newquay MP: Noah Law (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 10 February 1967
- Type
- Cross base
- Address
- Cross Base at SW 989 478, St. Ewe
- OS grid reference
- SW 989 478
- Coordinates
- 50.29617, -4.82432
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The cross base, dating from around 900 to 1000, is located in St Ewe and is made of roughly hewn granite. It has a square plan measuring approximately one metre by one metre. In the center, there is a socket designed for the shaft of a cross. The base features an inscription in Latin that reads: "LURATICUS FECIT CRUCEM PRO ANIMA SUA." It is also recorded as an ancient monument with the number 212.
Local climate
Cross Base at SW 989 478 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 86% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 7 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 95% of listed buildings. Of these, 3 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. 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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