Description

ST6143 SHEPTON MALLET CP MARKET PLACE (centre)

6/194 Market Cross

20.5.52

- II*

Market Cross. Established c1500, completely rebuilt 1841 by G.P. Manners. Dressed Doulting. Perpendicular style.
Octagonal open arcade with spirelet springing from central bench pier. 3-stage pinnacled spire with canopied niches
having cinquefoil heads, the spandrel spaces above the canopies being ornamented with foliation. Spire springs from
massive central hexagonal pier surrounded by open arcade of 6-segmental arches on pillars. Open quatrefoil parapet
around top with crocketed pinnacle at each corner and over the centre of each arch. Whole cross on cobbled plinth, with
masonary bench in 3-stages around central pier. A plaque, approximately 100mm by 700mm, attached to the central pier
has an inscription in 4 lines stating that the cross was set up in 1500 by Walter Buckland and his wife Agnes. (Pooley,
Old Crosses of Somerset, 1877).

Listing NGR: ST6189043651

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Shepton Mallet Market Cross at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q17552192

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Recommended Books

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  Building Small Projects (New Best of Fine Woodworking)
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  Drawing up a Local Listed Building Consent Order: Historic England Advice Note 6
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  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas
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  Norfolk 1: Norwich and North-East: Norwich and North-east v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Somerset: North and Bristol: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Cornwall (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)