War Memorial Cross to west of St Helen's Church is a Grade II listed building in the North Yorkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 February 2002. War memorial.
War Memorial Cross to west of St Helen's Church
- WRENN ID
- peeling-belfry-wind
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Yorkshire
- Constituency
- Wetherby and Easingwold MP: Sir Alec Shelbrooke (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 February 2002
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- War Memorial Cross to west of St Helen's Church, Church Street, Bilton-In-Ainsty with Bickerton
- OS grid reference
- SE 475 503
- Coordinates
- 53.94739, -1.27639
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The War Memorial Cross, located to the west of St Helen's Church in Bilton in Ainsty, was erected in 1920. It is made of Portland stone and stands on a stepped base of limestone. The memorial has a square plan and features three stone steps leading to the base. The lower plinth has a chamfered and moulded base, while the upper faces display inscriptions that include the names of local individuals who lost their lives during the Great War. At the top of the memorial, there is a moulded section with a small laurel wreath on each face, and the upper cross has a square sectioned shaft that supports a figure of Christ, all topped with a gabled roof.
Local climate
War Memorial Cross to west of St Helen's Church receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 71% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 93% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 75% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 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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