Description

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SK 5993
2/18

MARKET PLACE centre
Market Cross

27.12.62

GV
II

Traditionally dated 1777. Ashlar circular peripteral Roman Doric temple form, with saucer dome. Four stone steps. C19 wrought iron weather vane. A member of the same family of market crosses as those at Swaffham (Norfolk), Bungay (Suffolk), and Mountsorrel (Leics), which includes also the ornamental rotunda at Duncombe Park (Yorks, NR), Stowe (Bucks), Hall Barn (Bucks), and the demolished ones at Halswell (Somerset), High Cliffe (Hants) and Hackwood Park (Hants).

The Butter Cross, which stood on site, was (traditionally) re-erected in Doncaster Road (qv).

Listing NGR: SK5927993282

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26601172

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Recommended Books

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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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  Building Small Projects (New Best of Fine Woodworking)
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)
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  Oxfordshire: North and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings