Anthorn Cross is a Grade II listed building in the Cumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 November 1984. Cross.
Anthorn Cross
- WRENN ID
- swift-gable-sable
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cumberland
- Constituency
- Penrith and Solway MP: Markus Campbell-Savours (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 8 November 1984
- Type
- Cross
- Address
- Anthorn Cross, Bowness
- OS grid reference
- NY 189 575
- Coordinates
- 54.9064, -3.26548
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Anthorn Cross is a cross that is probably medieval in origin. It is made of red sandstone and is a rough, cross-shaped stone set into the ground. The stone is too weathered to determine its original shape. There is a suggestion that this cross marks the site of a battle with the Scots. However, a similar cross, known as Fishers' Cross, located at Port Carlisle, indicates that these crosses may have been erected along the coast to guide fishermen along an otherwise featureless and flat coastline.
Local climate
Anthorn Cross sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,100 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 88% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 81% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 50 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 91% of listed buildings. Of these, 25 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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