Market Cross is a Grade I listed building in the Cumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 June 1949. A 1682 Market cross.
Market Cross
- WRENN ID
- sacred-outpost-torch
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- Cumberland
- Constituency
- Carlisle MP: Ms Julie Minns (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 1 June 1949
- Type
- Market cross
- Address
- Market Cross, Market Place
- OS grid reference
- NY 400 559
- Coordinates
- 54.89451, -2.93572
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Market Cross, also known as Carlisle Cross, is a Grade I listed market cross located in Carlisle. It was dated and inscribed with "JOSEPH REED MAYOR 1682" and stands on the site of an earlier medieval market cross. The structure is made of calciferous sandstone ashlar, with some parts stuccoed and painted. It features a column sundial with five circular steps, although a sixth step is now buried. The base is square and sits on a chamfered plinth, topped by an unfluted Ionic column and a sundial head with ball and spear finials at the corners, top, and bottom. At the very top, there is a Lion sitting and holding a scroll that displays the city arms. Each face of the sundial has incised Roman numerals and painted metal gnomons. There is a mason's mark on the main sundial face, marked "ATM," which may refer to Thomas Machell, the architect, and Thomas Addison, the mason. Additionally, there is an Ordnance Survey bench mark on the top step. The Market Cross is centrally located in the Market Place, directly opposite the Town Hall.
Local climate
Market 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 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 51 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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