Description

ROTHBURY HIGH STREET
NU 0501
25/285 Rothbury Cross

21.l0.53
GV II

Market Cross as memorial, by C.C. Hodges. Ashlar. Arts and Crafts style.
4 steps up to square base inscribed 'This Monument was erected in the year
1902 on the site of the ancient market cross by the inhabitants of Rothbury
and other Friends in admiration and grateful rememberance of the long and
useful lives of William George Baron Armstrong of Cragside G.B. (1810-1900)
and of Margaret his wife (1807-1893)'. Tall tapering shaft with oak scroll
inhabited by stag, squirrels and birds; Celtic cross head with central boss.
Right side of shaft shows various knotwork and key patterns and left side a
vinescroll; rear face has rose scroll with rabbits and birds. Overall height
6.9 metres.

The cross stands on a square of paving with projecting blocks at the corners
and on each side, which have carried iron standards for a former railing.
The present cast-iron railings are not of special interest.

Listing NGR: NU0570101706

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26276183

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Recommended Books

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  Hampshire: Winchester and the North (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Kent: North East and East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Suffolk: West: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Building Small Projects (New Best of Fine Woodworking)
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  Worcestershire Revised Edition (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Suffolk: East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)