Cross House (Opposite Cross) is a Grade II listed building in the Forest of Dean local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 December 1953. House. 2 related planning applications.

Cross House (Opposite Cross)

WRENN ID
low-steel-evening
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Forest of Dean
Constituency
Forest of Dean MP: Matt Bishop (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
12 December 1953
Type
House
Address
Cross House (Opposite Cross), Newland, GL16 8JT
OS grid reference
SO 571 080
Coordinates
51.7697, -2.62169
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Cross House is an 18th-century house located opposite the Cross in Newland Clearwell. It is a single-range building constructed from coursed and dressed rubble stone, featuring a slate roof and two stone end stacks. A coved eaves cornice with brackets runs along the roofline. The house has two storeys and five windows, which are glazing bar sashes with stone voussoirs and keystones. A 20th-century door is centrally positioned, with a wide gabled porch hood above.

Local climate

Cross House (Opposite Cross) receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 55% 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, 18 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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  • Sale history — 1 transaction since 2012
  • Related listed building consents — 2 applications
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  • Flood risk assessment
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  • Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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