Roadside Preaching Cross to South West of Church is a Grade II listed building in the Westmorland and Furness local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 April 1984. Cross.
Roadside Preaching Cross to South West of Church
- WRENN ID
- fading-moulding-tide
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Westmorland and Furness
- Constituency
- Westmorland and Lonsdale MP: Tim Farron (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 12 April 1984
- Type
- Cross
- Address
- Roadside Preaching Cross to South West of Church, Ormside
- OS grid reference
- NY 701 175
- Coordinates
- 54.55201, -2.46354
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The roadside preaching cross, located to the south-west of the church in Great Ormside, is a late medieval cross-base that is square in plan and constructed from large unmortared blocks. It features five steps leading up to the cross, which was destroyed during the Commonwealth period. Shortly after its destruction, a sycamore sapling was planted in its place, and this tree has since matured, causing the steps to be displaced.
Local climate
Roadside Preaching Cross to South West of Church sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,200 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 91% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 82% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 57 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 96% of listed buildings. Of these, 36 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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