Cross Shaft and Cross Base at Fork in Road is a Grade II listed building in the Cotswold local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 October 1987. Monument.
Cross Shaft and Cross Base at Fork in Road
- WRENN ID
- sunken-mantel-shade
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cotswold
- Constituency
- North Cotswolds MP: Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 October 1987
- Type
- Monument
- Address
- Cross Shaft and Cross Base at Fork in Road, Cowley
- OS grid reference
- SO 962 146
- Coordinates
- 51.83044, -2.0559
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The cross shaft and cross shaft base at the fork in the road in Cowley Village are medieval structures with a 19th-century cross. Made of limestone, the square base features a flat-chamfered plinth and capping, supporting a smaller square base that has a flat-chamfered base and moulded upper corners. The cross shaft begins with a square base that transitions to an octagonal shape as it rises. The medieval shaft currently stands at about 1 meter high, with its upper part and the cross dating from the 19th century.
Local climate
Cross Shaft and Cross Base at Fork in Road receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 52% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 52% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 41 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 78% of listed buildings. Of these, 20 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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