Market Cross is a Grade II* listed building in the Buckinghamshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 December 1967. A C15 Monument. 1 related planning application.
Market Cross
- WRENN ID
- grim-latch-oak
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Buckinghamshire
- Constituency
- Buckingham and Bletchley MP: Callum Anderson (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 21 December 1967
- Type
- Monument
- Address
- Market Cross, the Green, Quainton, HP22 4AR
- OS grid reference
- SP 746 201
- Coordinates
- 51.87495, -0.91697
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Market Cross in Quainton, located at the north end of The Green, is a historical structure that likely dates back to the 15th century. It is made of stone and features a worn stop-chamfered shaft, which has a small hollow at the base on the north side. The cross stands on a square plinth that is elevated on three steps. It is recognized as a Scheduled Monument.
Local climate
Market Cross sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 76% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 81% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 54% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 3 transactions since 1996
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- 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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