Shaft of Churchyard Cross is a Grade II listed building in the Buckinghamshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 July 1984. A C14 Sundial.
Shaft of Churchyard Cross
- WRENN ID
- second-parapet-woodpecker
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Buckinghamshire
- Constituency
- Aylesbury MP: Laura Kyrke-Smith (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 6 July 1984
- Type
- Sundial
- Address
- Shaft of Churchyard Cross, Church Street, Wing
- OS grid reference
- SP 880 226
- Coordinates
- 51.89521, -0.72229
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The shaft of the churchyard cross, now functioning as a sundial, dates back to the medieval period. It is made of stone and features a square section with stop-chamfered corners, resting on a square base.
Local climate
Shaft of Churchyard 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 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 60% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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