Cross at Approximately 3 Metres South East of Church of St Erth is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 January 1988. Cross.
Cross at Approximately 3 Metres South East of Church of St Erth
- WRENN ID
- graven-bailey-equinox
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- St Ives MP: Andrew George (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 January 1988
- Type
- Cross
- OS grid reference
- SW 549 350
- Coordinates
- 50.16444, -5.43196
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The cross located approximately 3 metres southeast of the Church of St Erth is a pre-Conquest structure. It is made of granite and features a monolithic wheelhead design with the truncated remains of a shaft set into a roughly-hewn granite base. The cross is notable for being pierced through the foils of a quatrefoil rose. On the west face, there is a relief depicting the crucifixion, while the opposite face displays a cross formed by domed bosses.
Local climate
Cross at Approximately 3 Metres South East of Church of St Erth 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 91% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 4 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 98% of listed buildings. Of these, 1 follows 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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