Butter Cross is a Grade II listed building in the Cumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 April 1967. Market cross.
Butter Cross
- WRENN ID
- steep-chalk-mist
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cumberland
- Constituency
- Penrith and Solway MP: Markus Campbell-Savours (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 April 1967
- Type
- Market cross
- Address
- Butter Cross, Ireby and Uldale
- OS grid reference
- NY 237 387
- Coordinates
- 54.73781, -3.18532
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Butter Cross is a market cross, likely from the 17th century, located in Ireby. It is made of red sandstone and features a stepped plinth topped by an octagonal shaft. The cross head was restored in the 19th century, with designs inspired by the medieval font found in the parish church. Historically, Ireby was known as Market Ireby, as a weekly market was granted there in 1236.
Local climate
Butter Cross sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,350 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 96% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 93% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 56 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 96% of listed buildings. Of these, 31 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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