Cross at 3m South of Mission Chapel Porch is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 May 1967. A Medieval Cross.

Cross at 3m South of Mission Chapel Porch

WRENN ID
silver-tallow-autumn
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cornwall
Constituency
Truro and Falmouth MP: Jayne Kirkham (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
30 May 1967
Type
Cross
Period
Medieval
Address
Cross at 3m South of Mission Chapel Porch, Kea
OS grid reference
SW 844 417
Coordinates
50.23597, -5.02429
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is a medieval cross located 3 meters south of the porch of the Mission Chapel in Old Kea. It is made of granite and consists of a monolith with an oval-shaped socket set into a square granite base. The shaft is tapered and rounded, showing traces of carved decoration, and it has a broken bulbous head.

Local climate

Cross at 3m South of Mission Chapel Porch receives an average of 890 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 85% 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 0.3°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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