Description

SO 71 SW WESTBURY-ON-SEVERN WESTBURY VILLAGE

11/214 Cross, at junction of Bell
Lane and A48

GV II

Cross; 1887 (carved on head); ashlar stone. Tall Cross on square,
stepped base. Bottom step has projecting top with hollow chamfer
beneath; 2 plain steps above; above a reused medieval cross base,
square, each side reduced in top half to less than half its width,
square set-back north and south, canted east and west, with sloping
base to cut out. This carries a tall tapering stone shaft,
reducing quickly from square to octagon. At top a square head,
oversails shaft: corner pilaster originally with finials (only one
survives), gables to each face with cross roof between, shield on
each face, 2 inscribed 1887, 2 IHS; above a stone cross with
floriate ends to arms, and a semi-circle linking arms and stem
below. Forms group with church and churchyard memorials, (q.v.).

Listing NGR: SO7169614017

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26481788

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Recommended Books

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  London 4: North: North v. 4 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Huddersfield in 50 Buildings
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  Gloucestershire 1: The Cotswolds: Cotswolds Pt. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  London 1: The City of London: City of London v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  Oxfordshire: North and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)