Old Cross is a Grade II listed building in the Peak District National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 January 1967. A Medieval Cross.

Old Cross

WRENN ID
last-panel-bittern
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Peak District National Park
Constituency
North East Derbyshire MP: Louise Sandher-Jones (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
31 January 1967
Type
Cross
Period
Medieval
Address
Old Cross, Fox Lane, Holmesfield, North East Derbyshire
OS grid reference
SK 295 748
Coordinates
53.2701, -1.55911
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Old Cross is a medieval cross located in Shillito Wood, Holmesfield. It features a tapering rectangular gritstone shaft that ends in a plain cross, which is integral to the shaft. The shaft is set into a roughly shaped rectangular base stone. This cross is also a Scheduled Ancient Monument, sharing its designation number with a nearby cross in Fox Lane Plantation, which has a similar appearance and size.

Local climate

Old Cross receives an average of 950 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 73% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 63% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 41 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 79% of listed buildings. Of these, 24 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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