Cross and Fish Stone is a Grade II listed building in the Westmorland and Furness local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 March 1970. Cross and fish stone.

Cross and Fish Stone

WRENN ID
gilded-wicket-primrose
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Westmorland and Furness
Constituency
Westmorland and Lonsdale MP: Tim Farron (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
25 March 1970
Type
Cross and fish stone
Address
Cross and Fish Stone, the Square, Lower Allithwaite, LA11 6QB
OS grid reference
SD 378 787
Coordinates
54.20091, -2.95471
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Cross and Fish Stone is a Grade II listed structure located in the Square at Lower Allithwaite, Cartmel. This 18th-century monument consists of an obelisk, a bench, and a pump made of stone. It features three square steps leading up to the obelisk, which stands on a plinth. To the east, the fish stone comprises two slabs supported by flat uprights, historically used for the sale of fish. Attached to the east is a pump with a 20th-century wooden casing and a stone trough. The obelisk is situated on the site of a medieval cross.

Local climate

Cross and Fish Stone sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,590 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 99% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 99% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 24 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 75% of listed buildings. Of these, 10 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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