Description

CARLISLE

NY4055NW MARKET PLACE
671-1/12/213 Market Cross
01/06/49

GV I

Also known as: Carlisle Cross.
Market cross. Dated and inscribed JOSEPH REED MAYOR 1682 (the
date twice)(on site of earlier medieval market cross).
Calciferous sandstone ashlar, partly stuccoed and painted.
Column sundial. 5 circular steps (a sixth is now buried)
surmounted by square base on chamfered plinth; unfluted Ionic
column and sundial head with ball and spear finials at
corners, top and bottom; on top is a Lion sitting holding a
scroll with the city arms. Each sundial face has incised Roman
numerals and painted metal gnomons. Mason's mark on main
sundial face ATM (perhaps Thomas Machell, the architect and
Thomas Addison, the mason?) Has OS bench mark on top step. For
illustration see John Cornforth, Country Life (1978). In the
centre of the Market Place opposite the Town Hall.
(Country Life: Carnforth, J: 4 May 1978: Keeping life in the
Veins: Carlisle II: 1268).

Listing NGR: NY4008455931

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17530566

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Recommended Books

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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Suffolk: East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Worcestershire Revised Edition (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The green guide for historic buildings: how to improve the environmental performance of listed and historic buildings
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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy
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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)