The Cross is a Grade II* listed building in the North Yorkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 August 1952. A C18 Monument.
The Cross
- WRENN ID
- hushed-steel-autumn
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- North Yorkshire
- Constituency
- Richmond and Northallerton MP: Rishi Sunak (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 1 August 1952
- Type
- Monument
- Address
- The Cross, Market Place, Richmond
- OS grid reference
- NZ 170 008
- Coordinates
- 54.4031, -1.73812
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Cross is a stone obelisk with an octagonal shape, constructed from ashlar. It features a plinth with alternating rectangular and round-headed niches, the round-headed ones adorned with small pediments on brackets. Above this, there is a fluted frieze and a moulded cornice. The obelisk is topped with a granite ball finial. It was erected in 1771. The Cross is part of a group with the listed buildings in Market Place and Trinity Church Square.
Local climate
The Cross receives an average of 860 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 60% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 69% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 50 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 91% of listed buildings. Of these, 29 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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