Market Cross is a Grade II listed building in the North Yorkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 March 1966. Market cross.
Market Cross
- WRENN ID
- calm-timber-pearl
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Yorkshire
- Constituency
- Skipton and Ripon MP: Sir Julian Smith (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 March 1966
- Type
- Market cross
- Address
- Market Cross, Market Place, Ripley
- OS grid reference
- SE 283 605
- Coordinates
- 54.03989, -1.56784
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Market Cross in Ripley, located on the east side of Market Place, is a Grade II listed structure that features a market cross with a sundial. The steps are likely medieval, while the shaft and sundial probably date from the 17th century. Made of gritstone, the cross has four tiers of square steps, with the lowest tier measuring approximately 3 meters wide, all constructed from worn blocks secured with iron staples. The base of the shaft consists of two pieces and has a hollow chamfer at the top. The single stone shaft is chamfered with hollow stops at the base and keel-stops at the top. At the top of the shaft is a square slab that supports a cubiform block with chamfered corners, which features the remains of a gnomon on each face. It is suggested that the sundial was installed after the original cross shaft was destroyed, likely around the time the stocks were erected. The Market Cross is also designated as a Scheduled Ancient Monument No 418, along with the Stocks.
Local climate
Market Cross receives an average of 860 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 62% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 58% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 44 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 86% of listed buildings. Of these, 24 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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