Preaching Cross is a Grade II listed building in the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 14 May 1970. A Medieval Cross.
Preaching Cross
- WRENN ID
- rough-corridor-heath
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Pembrokeshire Coast National Park
- Constituency
- Mid and South Pembrokeshire MP: Henry Tufnell (Lab)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 14 May 1970
- Type
- Cross
- Period
- Medieval
- Address
- Preaching Cross, Upton, Pembroke Dock, Cosheston
- OS grid reference
- SN 020 046
- Coordinates
- 51.70602, -4.86584
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
The Preaching Cross is a medieval stone structure standing about 1.7 meters high. Its shaft and arms are chamfered, nearly forming an octagonal shape. The chamfers at the base end in stepped stops. The base of the cross is a modern or heavily restored platform featuring two steps on one side.
Local climate
Preaching Cross sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,160 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 89% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 98% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 3 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 99% of listed buildings. Of these, 1 follows 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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