Market Cross and Stone Benches is a Grade II listed building in the Westmorland and Furness local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 May 1976. Market cross.
Market Cross and Stone Benches
- WRENN ID
- riven-granite-root
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Westmorland and Furness
- Constituency
- Barrow and Furness MP: Michelle Scrogham (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 6 May 1976
- Type
- Market cross
- Address
- Market Cross and Stone Benches, Market Place, Dalton Town with Newton
- OS grid reference
- SD 226 739
- Coordinates
- 54.15557, -3.18624
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The market cross and stone benches in Dalton in Furness were built between 1869 and 1870 by Walton, replacing an earlier cross. Constructed from limestone, the structure features a four-step platform and a three-step base supporting a chamfered, square column topped with a plain cross. On the east side, there are two stone benches arranged as quadrants within a pebble pavement. These benches have slab pillars and tilted tops, and they were used for selling fish at the public market.
Local climate
Market Cross and Stone Benches sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,670 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 19 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 80% of listed buildings. Of these, 8 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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