Stone Cross Immediately to East of Museum is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 July 1950. A C19 Monument.
Stone Cross Immediately to East of Museum
- WRENN ID
- swift-sentry-moon
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- St Ives MP: Andrew George (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 July 1950
- Type
- Monument
- Address
- Stone Cross Immediately to East of Museum, Penlee Park, Penzance
- OS grid reference
- SW 470 300
- Coordinates
- 50.11651, -5.53975
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Stone Cross, located immediately to the east of the Museum in Penzance, is a granite wheelhead cross featuring an incised shaft and a shallow relief carved head. Originally situated in Green Market, it was removed in 1867 and later erected in Morrab Gardens in 1899 by the Penzance Natural History and Antiquarian Society. The cross was re-erected at its current location on a square granite stepped plinth. It is scheduled as an ancient monument.
Local climate
Stone Cross Immediately to East of Museum 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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