Market Cross is a Grade II* listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 October 1960. A C15 Monument.
Market Cross
- WRENN ID
- gilded-marble-sparrow
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- North Dorset MP: Simon Hoare (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 October 1960
- Type
- Monument
- Address
- Market Cross, High Street, Stalbridge
- OS grid reference
- ST 734 179
- Coordinates
- 50.96079, -2.37882
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Market Cross in Stalbridge, located on the east side of High Street, dates from the second half of the 15th century, with the cross head added in the 20th century. It features a stone base with three steps and an octagonal shape. At the top of the base is a square plinth with three-quarters detached square columns at each corner, which have moulded bases and capitals. The central panels of the cross are carved but the details are too worn to be clearly understood. The shaft is tapering and begins as a square at the base, with the corners transitioning into attached pinnacles that end in finials. On the west side, there is a weathered carving of a figure standing on an animal beneath a canopy topped with a floriate finial. The Market Cross is scheduled as an ancient monument and is referenced in various historical texts.
Local climate
Market Cross receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 57% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 60% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 52% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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