Village Cross is a Grade II listed building in the Peak District National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 July 1967. Cross.
Village Cross
- WRENN ID
- roaming-truss-martin
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Peak District National Park
- Constituency
- Derbyshire Dales MP: John Whitby (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 12 July 1967
- Type
- Cross
- Address
- Village Cross, Main Street, Great Longstone, Derbyshire Dales
- OS grid reference
- SK 198 718
- Coordinates
- 53.24296, -1.7034
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Village Cross, likely dating from the 15th century, is constructed from gritstone. It features five circular stone steps that are connected by iron ties. The cross has an octagonal base and a shaft that transitions from square to octagonal. The shaft is significantly weathered, and it is topped with a circular cap that has a pyramidal peak.
Local climate
Village Cross sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 980 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 79% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 67% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 48 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 89% of listed buildings. Of these, 29 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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