Village Cross is a Grade II listed building in the Westmorland and Furness local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 October 1986. Monument.
Village Cross
- WRENN ID
- waning-baluster-sparrow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Westmorland and Furness
- Constituency
- Westmorland and Lonsdale MP: Tim Farron (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 October 1986
- Type
- Monument
- Address
- Village Cross, Greystoke
- OS grid reference
- NY 440 308
- Coordinates
- 54.66978, -2.86964
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The village cross in Greystoke is likely from the 17th century and stands on a 19th-century plinth. It is made of red sandstone and features an octagonal plinth with five steps, of which the top two are original. Above this is a square base and a tapered chamfered shaft topped with a floriated cross head. Historical records indicate that the cross predates November 8, 1623, when a child was buried at the town cross in Greystoke, suggesting its significance in the village's history.
Local climate
Village Cross sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,240 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 92% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 86% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 58 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 97% of listed buildings. Of these, 34 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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