The Poultry Cross is a Grade I listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 February 1952. A C14 Cross. 5 related planning applications.
The Poultry Cross
- WRENN ID
- mired-hammer-rain
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- Wiltshire
- Constituency
- Salisbury MP: John Glen (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 28 February 1952
- Type
- Cross
- Address
- The Poultry Cross, Silver Street, Salisbury, SP1 2NG
- OS grid reference
- SU 143 299
- Coordinates
- 51.06875, -1.79614
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Poultry Cross is a Grade I listed structure located at the junction of Minster and Silver Streets, dating back to the 14th century. It is a hexagonal open arched shelter supported by buttressed piers that feature intricate carvings and panelled pinnacles. The arches are flat and segmental in shape, with a moulded design that includes a drip turned up at the point over the centre rind, beneath a carved niche with a pinnacle.
A central stone shaft rises through a lead roof and was originally topped with a sundial block. In the 19th century, a local stonemason, inspired by a similar cross in Chichester, added a series of flying buttresses that converge at the centre, covering the sundial. This upper addition is well-crafted and features a hexagonal block with a niche on each face, topped with a pinnacle and cross. The original square of stone seats that surrounded the cross has been removed, although drawings in the museum show its original state.
The Poultry Cross, along with Nos 36 to 52 (even), forms a group, and No 36 also groups with Nos 1 to 17 (odd) on Minster Street, with the rear elevations of these buildings forming a group with those of Nos 36 to 52 (even) and with St Thomas's Church in St Thomas's Square.
Local climate
The Poultry Cross receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 58% 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 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 63% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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- Radon risk assessment
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