History

Medieval Town Cross with renewed upper section dated 1760. Originally sited in Crown Square, the cross was relocated to the Royal Bowling Green, outside the castle, in 1848, thus making way for a new cross by Thomas Fulljames. The cross was moved to its present site in Vale Street by the Town Council, with work completed on the re-siting in 1983.

Exterior

Town, or market cross of sandstone, approximately 2.5m high. The cross consists of a tapering, chamfered shaft, splayed slightly ot the bottom and placed on a square base. This itself stands on a square, stepped stone plinth of 3 stages, with plain modern railings surmounting the first stage. The shaft is heavily worn in the centre, probably due to the past sharpening of knives. Its upper section is an C18 replacement and terminates in a small ball finial; it is dated 1760.

Reasons for Listing

Listed for its special interest as a Town Cross with medieval origins.

Group value with other listed items in Vale Street.

External Links

• Cadwr Listing
• Wikidata Q29481704

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Recommended Books

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  Yorkshire West Riding: Sheffield and the South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings and Other Heritage Assets
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  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)