Cross at Sw422247 (Chyoone Cross) is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 December 1988. Cross.
Cross at Sw422247 (Chyoone Cross)
- WRENN ID
- sleeping-plaster-winter
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- St Ives MP: Andrew George (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 December 1988
- Type
- Cross
- Address
- Cross at Sw422247 (Chyoone Cross), St. Buryan, Lamorna and Paul
- OS grid reference
- SW 421 246
- Coordinates
- 50.06636, -5.60389
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Chyoone Cross is a wayside cross located in St Buryan, likely dating from the late 9th century or early 10th century. It is a granite monolith shaped like a Latin cross, set into a roughly square granite base. The southeast face of the cross head features a relief figure of Christ at the intersection of the limbs, while the northwest face displays a slender low relief Latin cross. St Buryan is known for its historical significance as the site of a traditional Celtic monastery, which is believed to have been founded by Athelstan in the early 10th century. This cross is the largest known example in a series of crosses that bear the Christ motif, which inspired the development of a highly elaborate series of decorated crosses in west Cornwall during the mid-10th century.
Local climate
Cross at Sw422247 (Chyoone Cross) sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 970 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 75% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 96% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 1 freeze-thaw cycle a year, fewer than 99% of listed buildings. 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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