Shaft of Cross Approximately 2 Metres to South of South Transept of Saint Marys Church is a Grade II listed building in the North Yorkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 February 1967. Monument.
Shaft of Cross Approximately 2 Metres to South of South Transept of Saint Marys Church
- WRENN ID
- bitter-cobble-gold
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Yorkshire
- Constituency
- Wetherby and Easingwold MP: Sir Alec Shelbrooke (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 3 February 1967
- Type
- Monument
- OS grid reference
- SE 514 367
- Coordinates
- 53.8245, -1.22016
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The shaft of a cross is located approximately 2 metres south of the south transept of Saint Mary's Church in Church Fenton. This Grade II listed structure features a medieval shaft, which is about 1.5 metres high and has an octagonal shape on an octagonal base. It is made of magnesian limestone and is topped with a flat sundial, which is likely from the 19th century and made of bronze. The cross shaft is included in the listing for its group value with the church.
Local climate
Shaft of Cross Approximately 2 Metres to South of South Transept of Saint Marys Church sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 78% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 96% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 66% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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