Swarth Howe Cross is a Grade II listed building in the North York Moors National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 July 1989. A Early-mid 18th century Boundary stone.

Swarth Howe Cross

WRENN ID
weathered-merlon-oak
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
North York Moors National Park
Constituency
Scarborough and Whitby MP: Alison Hume (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
7 July 1989
Type
Boundary stone
Period
Early-mid 18th century
Address
Swarth Howe Cross, A171, Egton, North Yorkshire
OS grid reference
NZ 841 086
Coordinates
54.46633, -0.70381
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Swarth Howe Cross is a boundary stone located in Egton, dating from the early to mid-18th century. It is made of gritstone and features a square-section column that stands approximately 1.25 meters high, set in a square socket stone. The stone has inscriptions on its west face, south face, and north face, which include the years 175?, G.K.?, 1774, EGTON, 1799, ROAD, 1821, 1841, and 185?. This stone is situated on the site of the medieval Swarth Howe Cross, as noted by S. White in "Standing Stones and Earthworks on the North Yorkshire Moors."

Local climate

Swarth Howe Cross receives an average of 860 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 60% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 74% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 9 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 92% of listed buildings. Of these, 6 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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