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The Market Cross

A Grade II* Listed Building in Devizes, Wiltshire

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Latitude: 51.3525 / 51°21'8"N

Longitude: -1.9955 / 1°59'43"W

OS Eastings: 400406

OS Northings: 161486

OS Grid: SU004614

Mapcode National: GBR 2V1.0BP

Mapcode Global: VHB4G.C8DK

Plus Code: 9C3W9223+XQ

Entry Name: The Market Cross

Listing Date: 9 April 1954

Grade: II*

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1250362

English Heritage Legacy ID: 432678

ID on this website: 101250362

Location: Devizes, Wiltshire, SN10

County: Wiltshire

Civil Parish: Devizes

Built-Up Area: Devizes

Traditional County: Wiltshire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Wiltshire

Church of England Parish: Devizes St John

Church of England Diocese: Salisbury

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Description


SU 0061 3a/132
9.4.54.

MARKET PLACE
The Market Cross


GII*
Erected 1814.Designed by James Wyatt in the place of an earlier cross.The present cross of stone is square in two stages of'Gothic'character,the lower stage has a panel on each face in four-centred and pointed moulded arch;with string and carved balustrade with solid panels over.The upper stage consists of an elaborately buttressed steeple turret with running poppy head enrichment to centre and secondary finials,and standing on a series of pointed cusped arches on buttressed pier supports with additional flying buttress angle supports crowned with pointed and enriched pinnacles.The cross stands on 6 stone steps on large paved octagonal surround.The Cross commemorates the awful story of Ruth Pierce,who wished she might drop dead if she had not paid her share of a sack of corn.Having said so three times,she dropped dead, and the money was found in her hand.All the listed buildings on the South-West Side, South-East Side,Market Hall,Market Cross and the Fountain form a group.


Listing NGR: SU0040661486

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