Former Village Cross in St Margaret's Churchyard is a Grade II listed building in the Peak District National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 June 1984. A Medieval Monument.
Former Village Cross in St Margaret's Churchyard
- WRENN ID
- waning-wall-crow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Peak District National Park
- Constituency
- High Peak MP: Jon Pearce (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 June 1984
- Type
- Monument
- Address
- Former Village Cross in St Margaret's Churchyard, Wormhill, High Peak
- OS grid reference
- SK 124 741
- Coordinates
- 53.26431, -1.8149
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The former village cross, now serving as a sundial base, is located in St Margaret's Churchyard. This medieval structure features an ashlar gritstone shaft stump, which stands on a square base elevated by two steps. At the top of the shaft, there is a sundial face that is dated 1670.
Local climate
Former Village Cross in St Margaret's Churchyard sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,040 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 83% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 73% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 50 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 91% of listed buildings. Of these, 31 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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- Outer Gate Piers at Wormhill Hall
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