Market Cross and Trough Approximately 8 Metres East of the Sondes Arms Public House is a Grade II listed building in the North Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 March 1987. A Medieval Market cross.
Market Cross and Trough Approximately 8 Metres East of the Sondes Arms Public House
- WRENN ID
- gilded-floor-pearl
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Northamptonshire
- Constituency
- Corby and East Northamptonshire MP: Lee Barron (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 6 March 1987
- Type
- Market cross
- Period
- Medieval
- OS grid reference
- SP 866 917
- Coordinates
- 52.51655, -0.72462
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The market cross, located approximately 8 meters east of The Sondes Arms Public House, is likely from the 14th century but was rebuilt in 1894. It is constructed from limestone ashlar and features an original octagonal socket with broaches on two 19th-century steps. The cross has a 19th-century octagonal shaft topped with a foliated cross finial. Attached to the base of the steps is a semi-circular stone basin. A metal plaque around the shaft bears the inscription, "Rebuilt 1894 on the remains of the old market cross of the village she loved so well. In memory of Laura Maria Watson who died March 21 1893," with the Watson arms displayed on the rear of the plaque.
Local climate
Market Cross and Trough Approximately 8 Metres East of the Sondes Arms Public House sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 81% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 82% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 52% 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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