Base to Market Cross and Pillar is a Grade II listed building in the Yorkshire Dales National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 June 1988. Cross. 1 related planning application.
Base to Market Cross and Pillar
- WRENN ID
- hallowed-steel-root
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Yorkshire Dales National Park
- Constituency
- Skipton and Ripon MP: Sir Julian Smith (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 June 1988
- Type
- Cross
- Address
- Base to Market Cross and Pillar, the Green, Austwick, North Yorkshire, LA2 8BB
- OS grid reference
- SD 767 684
- Coordinates
- 54.11113, -2.35751
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The base to the market cross and pillar, located in Austwick, dates from the 15th century for the base and the 1830s for the pillar. The base is made of conglomerate and stands on three steps of millstone grit. The pillar is designed in the Tuscan style, constructed from millstone grit, and features a ball finial on its capital.
Local climate
Base to Market Cross and Pillar sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,330 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 96% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 94% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 54 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 94% of listed buildings. Of these, 30 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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- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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