Covell Cross

Covell Cross is a commemorative cross located on Church Street in Lancaster, built in 1903 by the architectural firm Austin and Paley to celebrate the coronation of King Edward VII in 1902. It is made of sandstone ashlar and features a tapering square shaft that stands on an octagonal plinth, which is set on an octagonal stepped base. The plinth has sunk panels on each face: the south side displays a shield bearing the Royal coat-of-arms, the north side shows the arms of the Borough of Lancaster, the west side features the Lancashire rose, and the east side contains an explanatory inscription. The shaft has a panelled base that rises in the center, with half-round mouldings along the edges and arabesque panels on the east and west faces. The cross-head is adorned with carved panels of leaves on the east and west sides, and it has rounded ends to the arms with concave quadrants between them.