Description

PARISH OF DRONFIELD HIGH STREET
SK 37 NE
6/41
9.1.67 The Monument
GV II
Memorial. Dated 1846. Ashlar gritstone, rising from a stepped
base, square on plan, with four double chamfered archways
supported by buttressed corner piers, stepped, with set-offs.
To the heads of the arches ashlar panels pierced by quatrefoils.
Above a squat octagonal ashlar spire, rising from a corbel table
with animal heads, the spire having miniature lucarnes and
terminating in a cross finial. Plaque commemorating the
erection of the monument to the repeal of the corn laws, dated
June 26th 1846. The monument is said to stand on the site of the
former town cross.

Listing NGR: SK3506978481

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26620057

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