Description

LUDLOW

SO5174 THE CROSS
825-1/1/475 The Butter Cross
15/04/54

GV I

Market Hall. c1746. By William Baker of Audlem. Ashlar;
2-storeys; 3-window range: central tripartite, 1/1: 3/3: 1/1
sash flanked by 3/3 sashes, all with shouldered architraves
and corbelled stone sills; side pilasters to moulded frieze
and cornice; balustraded parapet with ball ornaments;
rectangular ashlar clock turret with moulded hood; surmounted
by octagonal bell-cupola with weather vane. Pedimented
tetra-style portico with Doric columns, to open arcade with
shallow arch flanked by semi-circular arches, all with
keyblocks and moulded architraves. Wing to left similar, but
with plain parapet. King Street front has paired arches and
sashes over. Rear of brick, over ashlar piers and arches. Bell
from old St Leonards Church in Corve Street. INTERIOR: central
window with fanlight glazed upper casement; moulded arches
with keyblocks; string course.
(Clifton-Taylor A: Six English Towns: 1978-: PP.163-165;
Buildings of England: Pevsner N: Shropshire: 1958-: P.184).

Listing NGR: SO5112074654

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• The Butter Cross at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q17529709

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