Medieval Cross Base Outside Post Office is a Grade II listed building in the North Yorkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 March 1988. Cross base. 1 related planning application.
Medieval Cross Base Outside Post Office
- WRENN ID
- ancient-transept-clover
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Yorkshire
- Constituency
- Thirsk and Malton MP: Kevin Hollinrake (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 March 1988
- Type
- Cross base
- Address
- Medieval Cross Base Outside Post Office, Long Street, Topcliffe, YO7 3RL
- OS grid reference
- SE 400 759
- Coordinates
- 54.17788, -1.38827
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a medieval cross base located outside the Post Office. It is constructed of ashlar stone and has a square plan. There are three steps leading up to a square plinth, which has a socket designed to receive a shaft.
Local climate
Medieval Cross Base Outside Post Office 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 85% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 42 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 80% of listed buildings. Of these, 21 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 6 transactions since 1997
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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