Cross South of Cross House is a Grade II listed building in the Westmorland and Furness local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 December 1967. Cross.
Cross South of Cross House
- WRENN ID
- white-belfry-furze
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Westmorland and Furness
- Constituency
- Penrith and Solway MP: Markus Campbell-Savours (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 December 1967
- Type
- Cross
- Address
- Cross South of Cross House, Ainstable
- OS grid reference
- NY 535 432
- Coordinates
- 54.78221, -2.72443
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The structure is a sanctuary cross located south of Cross House, dating from the early 18th century. It features a recutting of an earlier inscribed cross that is set on a 19th-century plinth. The cross is made of red sandstone and is mounted on a rubble plinth. It has a carved cross and an inscription that reads "Sanctuarium" in older lettering, along with the year "1088" in early 18th-century lettering. For further details, refer to the Transactions of the Cumberland & Westmorland Antiquarian & Archaeological Society, volume 17, page 3.
Local climate
Cross South of Cross House sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,130 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 89% 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 60 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 98% of listed buildings. Of these, 37 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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