Village Cross is a Grade II listed building in the Lake District National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 July 1989. Village cross.

Village Cross

WRENN ID
high-moat-holly
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Lake District National Park
Constituency
Barrow and Furness MP: Michelle Scrogham (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
14 July 1989
Type
Village cross
Address
Village Cross, Main Street, Bootle, Cumberland
OS grid reference
SD 107 883
Coordinates
54.28302, -3.37296
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Village Cross, located on Bootle Main Street, was built in 1897 by the architectural firm Paley and Austin. Constructed from ashlar, it features three square steps, with the lowest made of dressed stone. The cross has a rectangular base with battered sides and includes a metal plaque on the west side that commemorates the diamond jubilee of Queen Victoria, as well as market charters from 1348 and 1567. The plain flat cross shaft is topped with a Celtic round head.

Local climate

Village Cross sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,590 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 99% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 99% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 20 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 79% of listed buildings. Of these, 8 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.2°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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