Overton Cross is a Grade II listed building in the North Yorkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 October 1986. Cross.
Overton Cross
- WRENN ID
- standing-pedestal-elder
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Yorkshire
- Constituency
- Wetherby and Easingwold MP: Sir Alec Shelbrooke (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 October 1986
- Type
- Cross
- Address
- Overton Cross, Overton Road
- OS grid reference
- SE 555 557
- Coordinates
- 53.99445, -1.15425
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Overton Cross is a base and stump of a cross, likely dating from the 15th century. It is made of limestone. The base has a square section at the bottom that transitions to an octagonal shape, featuring chamfered corners. The cross stump has a square section with pyramidal-stopped chamfers at the corners near the bottom, and each chamfer is topped with a saltire cross.
Local climate
Overton Cross receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 72% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 90% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 41 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 79% of listed buildings. Of these, 20 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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