Market Cross is a Grade II listed building in the Doncaster local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 December 1962. Monument.

Market Cross

WRENN ID: slow-pewter-moon
Grade: II
Local Planning Authority: Doncaster
Country: England
Date first listed: 27 December 1962
Type: Monument
Source: Historic England listing

Description

This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 7 December 2021 to update text and reformat to current standards

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

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