Market Cross is a Grade II* listed building in the Westmorland and Furness local planning authority area, England. Market cross. 5 related planning applications.
Market Cross
- WRENN ID
- fading-slate-rook
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Westmorland and Furness
- Constituency
- Penrith and Solway MP: Markus Campbell-Savours (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Market cross
- Address
- Market Cross, Market Place, Alston Moor, CA9 3HS
- OS grid reference
- NY 718 465
- Coordinates
- 54.81258, -2.43898
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Market Cross, first erected in 1764, was rebuilt in 1883 and then knocked down and re-erected in 1970 and again in 1981. A panel with the original inscription is now located in the Parish Church, stating: "This Market Cross was erected by The Right Honourable SR WILLIAM STEPHENSON Kn born at Cross Lands in this Parish and elected LORD MAYOR OF LONDON 1764." The cross has a square plan with block plinths that feature stop chamfers and moulded bases. It is supported by eight monolithic columns, three on each side, topped with bell caps that hold up a pyramidal, graduated stone flag roof, which has a 20th-century lantern at the apex. There are three steps leading up to the original cross-site, where a replacement stone shaft carries a central crown post. Inscriptions on the shaft detail the history of the structure.
Local climate
Market Cross sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,070 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 86% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 73% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 75 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 99% of listed buildings. Of these, 53 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 4 transactions since 2000
- Related listed building consents — 5 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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