Weeping Cross Approximately 5 Metres North of Church of All Saints is a Grade II* listed building in the North Yorkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 March 1966. A Medieval Monument.
Weeping Cross Approximately 5 Metres North of Church of All Saints
- WRENN ID
- lost-bonework-lark
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- North Yorkshire
- Constituency
- Skipton and Ripon MP: Sir Julian Smith (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 March 1966
- Type
- Monument
- Period
- Medieval
- OS grid reference
- SE 283 605
- Coordinates
- 54.03989, -1.56877
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Weeping Cross is a medieval structure located approximately 5 metres north of the Church of All Saints in Ripley. It is made of gritstone and consists of two circular blocks of stone. The lower block features eight recesses with segmental lower edges and a continuous roll moulding along each edge. The upper stone has slightly inward-bowed sides, and the overall height of the cross is about 1.5 metres, with a rectangular cavity at the top. The recesses are believed to have allowed the faithful to kneel, although it is thought that the cross originally stood higher, possibly on another plinth, suggesting the recesses were intended for bowed heads. The Church of All Saints was built around 1395, and it is unclear whether the cross was moved from an earlier church site further south or if it was already present or newly erected at that time. The Weeping Cross is also designated as a Scheduled Ancient Monument.
Local climate
Weeping Cross Approximately 5 Metres North of Church of All Saints receives an average of 860 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 62% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 58% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 44 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 86% of listed buildings. Of these, 24 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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