Medieval Cross Base and Shaft Approximately 200 Metres South East of High Rails Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the North Yorkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 March 1966. Cross.
Medieval Cross Base and Shaft Approximately 200 Metres South East of High Rails Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- ancient-chamber-pine
- 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
- Cross
- OS grid reference
- SE 271 606
- Coordinates
- 54.0408, -1.58693
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The medieval cross base and shaft, located approximately 200 metres south-east of High Rails Farmhouse, is likely from the medieval period and constructed from gritstone. It features two tiers of steps, with the lowest tier measuring about 1.5 metres square. The cross base is a square block, and the base of the stone shaft, which is approximately 50 centimetres high, fits into a socket on top. The shaft is chamfered on all four corners, with the chamfers possibly widening towards an octagonal section. This cross is believed to stand on the deserted site of the village of Whipley and may have served as a way marker, positioned on trackways leading west towards Pateley Bridge and north towards Fountains Abbey. It is situated near the site of a well and is designated as a Scheduled Ancient Monument No 416.
Local climate
Medieval Cross Base and Shaft Approximately 200 Metres South East of High Rails Farmhouse 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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