Cross Shaft Base and Sundial 10 Yards to South of Church is a Grade II listed building in the Yorkshire Dales National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 June 1987. Historic monument.
Cross Shaft Base and Sundial 10 Yards to South of Church
- WRENN ID
- forbidden-transept-bracken
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Yorkshire Dales National Park
- Constituency
- Westmorland and Lonsdale MP: Tim Farron (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 June 1987
- Type
- Historic monument
- OS grid reference
- NY 722 042
- Coordinates
- 54.43283, -2.4297
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a cross shaft base and sundial located 10 yards south of the church in Ravenstonedale. The stump of the cross shaft may date back to before the conquest, according to the Royal Commission on Historical Monuments. The sundial plate is dated 1700 and features the initials I.H. It is made of stone and has a brass sundial plate. The structure includes a square base with a stump of the cross shaft, approximately 3 feet tall, set in a socket on a diagonally arranged plinth block, with the sundial mounted on top.
Local climate
Cross Shaft Base and Sundial 10 Yards to South of Church sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,290 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 95% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 89% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 68 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 99% of listed buildings. Of these, 43 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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