Cross Immediately to West of Cathedral is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 June 1973. Cross.
Cross Immediately to West of Cathedral
- WRENN ID
- stark-steeple-flax
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- Truro and Falmouth MP: Jayne Kirkham (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 June 1973
- Type
- Cross
- Address
- Cross Immediately to West of Cathedral, High Cross, Truro
- OS grid reference
- SW 825 449
- Coordinates
- 50.26407, -5.05237
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a cross located immediately to the west of the Cathedral in Truro. It dates from the 9th to 12th century and is made of dressed granite, which is now fairly eroded. The design features a wheel-head cross on a short rectangular shaft that has been attached to a tall 20th-century shaft. The cross has flared arms in relief, with shoulders or lugs positioned beneath the head.
Local climate
Cross Immediately to West of Cathedral receives an average of 890 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 66% 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 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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