Market Cross is a Grade II listed building in the North Yorkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 August 1966. A Medieval Market cross.
Market Cross
- WRENN ID
- tall-hearth-weasel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Yorkshire
- Constituency
- Skipton and Ripon MP: Sir Julian Smith (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 August 1966
- Type
- Market cross
- Period
- Medieval
- Address
- Market Cross, Market Place, Masham
- OS grid reference
- SE 225 807
- Coordinates
- 54.2216, -1.65597
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Market Cross is a medieval structure located in Masham Market Place. It is made of stone and ashlar and features a four-step podium. The cross has a tall octagonal shaft with a chamfered projecting band near the top, a frieze, and a band, culminating in a conical capstone topped with a ball finial.
Local climate
Market Cross receives an average of 900 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 67% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 53% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 51 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 93% of listed buildings. Of these, 30 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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