Cross Base North West of Lanercost Priory is a Grade I listed building in the Cumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 April 1957. A C13 Cross. 2 related planning applications.
Cross Base North West of Lanercost Priory
- WRENN ID
- dark-loft-bistre
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- Cumberland
- Constituency
- Carlisle MP: Ms Julie Minns (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 1 April 1957
- Type
- Cross
- Address
- Cross Base North West of Lanercost Priory, Burtholme, CA8 2HQ
- OS grid reference
- NY 555 637
- Coordinates
- 54.96642, -2.69543
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The cross base located north-west of Lanercost Priory dates back to 1214 and is made of carved red sandstone. It features a stepped plinth, a chamfered square socket stone, and a fragment of the shaft that has carved decoration along its edges, although it is much weathered. The remaining part of the shaft, which is missing its cross head, was repurposed as a gravestone in 1657. When the nave was reroofed in the early 18th century, this gravestone was moved inside, where it can now be seen in the north aisle. A Latin inscription on the cross translates to: "In the 1214th year from the Incarnation and the seventh year of the Interdict, Innocent III holding the Apostolic See, Otto being Emperor in Germany, Philip of France, John King of England and William King of Scotland, this Cross was made." For further details, refer to John R.H. Moorman's work on Lanercost Priory from 1983, pages 16-17.
Local climate
Cross Base North West of Lanercost Priory sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,050 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 85% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 76% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 55 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 95% of listed buildings. Of these, 32 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 — 1 transaction since 2015
- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
- 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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