Cross South of Church of St Michael is a Grade II listed building in the Lake District National Park local planning authority area, England. Cross.
Cross South of Church of St Michael
- WRENN ID
- crooked-cobalt-plover
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Lake District National Park
- Constituency
- Westmorland and Lonsdale MP: Tim Farron (LD)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Cross
- Address
- Cross South of Church of St Michael, Lowther, Westmorland and Furness
- OS grid reference
- NY 519 244
- Coordinates
- 54.61285, -2.74618
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The cross located south of the Church of St Michael is a churchyard cross that has been adapted as a sundial. It dates from the 12th century and is made of pink sandstone. The base features a stepped socket stone that has been split and clamped together. The shaft of the cross has chamfered edges, and the top is flat, featuring an 18th-century brass sundial plate that is without inscription or gnomon. For further reference, see the Royal Commission on Historical Monuments, Westmorland, 1936, plate 37.
Local climate
Cross South of Church of St Michael sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,250 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 93% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 86% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 57 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 97% of listed buildings. Of these, 34 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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- 1 Churchyard Cross and Sundial About 16 Yards North West of the West Corner of the Tower of the Church of St Michael
- 2 Churchyard Cross Approximately 5 Metres to South of South Chapel of Church of St Michael and All Angels
- 3 Churchyard Cross About 15 Yards South-West of the South-East Corner of the South Porch of the Church of St Michael
- 4 Remains of Churchyard Cross About 7 Yards South-East of Nave of the Church of St Michael
- 5 Base of Cross with Sundial in St Mary's Churchyard
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