Windy Cross - Remains of Ancient Cross is a Grade II listed building in the Torridge local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 April 1973. Remains of ancient cross.
Windy Cross - Remains of Ancient Cross
- WRENN ID
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- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Torridge
- Constituency
- Torridge and Tavistock MP: Sir Geoffrey Cox (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 3 April 1973
- Type
- Remains of ancient cross
- Address
- Windy Cross - Remains of Ancient Cross, South Street, Great Torrington
- OS grid reference
- SS 493 190
- Coordinates
- 50.95135, -4.14586
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Windy Cross, located on the north side of South Street, dates back to 1735 and consists of the remains of an ancient cross. At the west end of South Street, there is a 19th-century former pump-house topped by a cross. The shaft and circular base of this cross are believed to be ancient, although they have been re-cut. These elements create a distinctive landmark in the town. All the listed buildings on South Street are part of a group value context.
Local climate
Windy Cross - Remains of Ancient Cross receives an average of 950 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 73% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 85% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 13 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 88% of listed buildings. Of these, 4 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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