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
deep-keep-sunrise
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, the Green, Litton, Derbyshire Dales
OS grid reference
SK 163 751
Coordinates
53.27324, -1.7565
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Village Cross is a structure from the 19th century, although its base may be older. It is made of gritstone ashlar and has a square plan. The cross is set on four stone steps and is topped by an obelisk.

Local climate

Village Cross 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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