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Latitude: 50.9704 / 50°58'13"N
Longitude: -2.7665 / 2°45'59"W
OS Eastings: 346278
OS Northings: 119281
OS Grid: ST462192
Mapcode National: GBR MH.M2YF
Mapcode Global: FRA 563K.02C
Plus Code: 9C2VX6CM+5C
Entry Name: The Market Cross Also Known As the Pinnacle
Listing Date: 28 April 1987
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1266188
English Heritage Legacy ID: 422268
ID on this website: 101266188
Location: Martock, Somerset, TA12
County: Somerset
District: South Somerset
Civil Parish: Martock
Built-Up Area: Martock
Traditional County: Somerset
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Somerset
Tagged with: Market cross
The Market Cross, etc. Church Street.
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The Market Cross, etc. Church Street.
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ST4619 MARTOCK CP CHURCH STREET (Centre)
12/182 The Market Cross, also known as
The Pinnacle
19.4.61
GV II
Market Cross. Medieval base, column dated 1741 all but plinth block entirely rebuilt in 1982. Ham stone ashlar, about 6
metres overall height. Circular base on circular step, with extra stones at cardinal points, then a square plinth
block, stepped, supporting a fluted Tuscan column, said to have been copied from one at Wilton; on this a block with 4
sundial faces, one of which bears the 1741 date, with rod gnomons, surmounted by a ball finial crowned with a wrot-iron
weathervane. The upper column thought to have been added by the then Lord of the Manor. (Pooley, Old Crosses of
Somerset, 1872).
Listing NGR: ST4627819281
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