Churchyard Cross, South of Church of St Mary is a Grade I listed building in the Cumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 April 1957. Churchyard cross.
Churchyard Cross, South of Church of St Mary
- WRENN ID
- crumbling-transept-saffron
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- Cumberland
- Constituency
- Carlisle MP: Ms Julie Minns (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 1 April 1957
- Type
- Churchyard cross
- Address
- Churchyard Cross, South of Church of St Mary, Rockcliffe
- OS grid reference
- NY 358 616
- Coordinates
- 54.94507, -3.00232
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Churchyard Cross, located south of the Church of St Mary, dates from the 10th or 11th century and is made of calciferous sandstone. The shaft features two broad raised bands adorned with carved decorations of dragons and interlace patterns, and it is topped by a carved wheel-head cross. The details of the design have weathered significantly over time.
Local climate
Churchyard Cross, South of Church of St Mary 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 87% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 80% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 52 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 93% of listed buildings. Of these, 27 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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