Lady Cross, Approximately 1000 Metres South West of Junction with Windleden Lane on Old Salt Road is a Grade II listed building in the Peak District National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 July 1986. Cross base.
Lady Cross, Approximately 1000 Metres South West of Junction with Windleden Lane on Old Salt Road
- WRENN ID
- buried-banister-ivy
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Peak District National Park
- Constituency
- Penistone and Stocksbridge MP: Dr Marie Tidball (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 21 July 1986
- Type
- Cross base
- OS grid reference
- SK 148 997
- Coordinates
- 53.49415, -1.77781
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Lady Cross is a cross base located approximately 1000 metres south-west of the junction with Windleden Lane on the old salt road. Its date is uncertain, but it is mentioned in documents from 1509, 1547, and 1695. The cross base is made of millstone grit and has a square base that measures approximately 750mm across, with chamfered corners and a square socket. A triangular shaft has been inserted at a later date. This cross is situated on an old salt route from Cheshire and marks the boundary between the parishes of Dunford and Langsett.
Local climate
Lady Cross, Approximately 1000 Metres South West of Junction with Windleden Lane on Old Salt Road sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,000 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 80% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 72% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 52 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 93% of listed buildings. Of these, 33 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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