Wetheral Cross is a Grade II listed building in the Cumberland local planning authority area, England. Cross. 3 related planning applications.
Wetheral Cross
- WRENN ID
- blind-shingle-lichen
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cumberland
- Constituency
- Carlisle MP: Ms Julie Minns (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Cross
- Address
- Wetheral Cross, the Green, CA4 8ET
- OS grid reference
- NY 466 543
- Coordinates
- 54.88121, -2.83291
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Wetheral Cross is a sandstone cross dating to circa 1844, erected as a replacement for a maypole. The maypole itself was originally installed in 1814 at the expense of Henry Howard of Corby Castle. The cross stands approximately 3.5 metres high and is constructed of red sandstone. It rests on two squared step slabs which support a chamfered plinth hollowed to accommodate the shaft. The column is squared with chamfered corners and topped with a head carved to form a quatrefoil cross. Originally, the steps were located in the centre of The Green and formed the base for the wooden maypole. The cross was later moved to its current position. It is not a market cross, as Wetheral never held a market.
Local climate
Wetheral Cross sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,090 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 87% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 79% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 54 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 95% of listed buildings. Of these, 29 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 2021
- Related listed building consents — 3 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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