Saxon Cross is a Grade II listed building in the North Yorkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 July 2003. Village cross.
Saxon Cross
- WRENN ID
- fallow-finial-grove
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Yorkshire
- Constituency
- Wetherby and Easingwold MP: Sir Alec Shelbrooke (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 July 2003
- Type
- Village cross
- Address
- Saxon Cross, Main Street, Follifoot
- OS grid reference
- SE 341 526
- Coordinates
- 53.96836, -1.48091
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Saxon Cross is a village cross located on the north side of Main Street in Follifoot. It dates back to the 9th century and was restored in the 19th century. The cross is made from local gritstone and features a tall columnar design set on three square stone steps. It has a moulded circular base with a triple swagged motif above it. The plain shaft rises to a square top that is capped with a similar moulded design. At the top of the restored cross, there is a small figure depicting the crucifixion.
Local climate
Saxon Cross receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 50% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 73% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 43 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 81% of listed buildings. Of these, 22 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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