Market Cross is a Grade II listed building in the North Yorkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 February 1958. A Medieval Market cross.
Market Cross
- WRENN ID
- rusted-newel-mallow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Yorkshire
- Constituency
- Skipton and Ripon MP: Sir Julian Smith (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 February 1958
- Type
- Market cross
- Period
- Medieval
- Address
- Market Cross, Church Street, Giggleswick
- OS grid reference
- SD 811 640
- Coordinates
- 54.07206, -2.28885
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Market Cross in Giggleswick, dating from around 1400, is constructed from millstone grit. It features a square base raised on three steps and has a chamfered shaft that rises to a height of approximately 2 to 4 metres. The head of the cross is designed as a trefoiled Greek cross with a pierced centre. The cross was relocated to its current site in 1840.
Local climate
Market Cross sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,330 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 96% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 94% 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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