Market Cross is a Grade II listed building in the Lake District National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 April 1967. A C19 Market cross.
Market Cross
- WRENN ID
- heavy-keystone-pine
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Lake District National Park
- Constituency
- Penrith and Solway MP: Markus Campbell-Savours (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 April 1967
- Type
- Market cross
- Address
- Market Cross, Caldbeck, Cumberland
- OS grid reference
- NY 340 386
- Coordinates
- 54.73827, -3.02569
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Market Cross in Hesket Newmarket is a Grade II listed structure, rebuilt in the early 19th century from an earlier design. It features red sandstone piers that support a hipped roof made of graduated greenslate. The cross is supported by four rusticated cylindrical piers with square capitals, which hold up a pyramidal roof topped with a cannonball finial. Inside the base, the floor is cobbled and there are two red sandstone stumps, likely used for stocks and a bull ring.
Local climate
Market Cross sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,270 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 94% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 89% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 60 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 98% of listed buildings. Of these, 35 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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