The Butter Cross is a Grade I listed building in the Shropshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 April 1954. A C.1746 Market hall.
The Butter Cross
- WRENN ID
- forgotten-entrance-equinox
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- Shropshire
- Constituency
- South Shropshire MP: Stuart Anderson (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 April 1954
- Type
- Market hall
- Address
- The Butter Cross, Ludlow
- OS grid reference
- SO 511 746
- Coordinates
- 52.36778, -2.71908
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Butter Cross is a market hall built around 1746 by William Baker of Audlem. It is constructed from ashlar stone and features two storeys with a three-window range. The central tripartite window consists of a 1/1 sash flanked by 3/3 sashes, all adorned with shouldered architraves and corbelled stone sills. The building has side pilasters, a moulded frieze, and a cornice, topped with a balustraded parapet that includes ball ornaments. A rectangular ashlar clock turret with a moulded hood is present, which is surmounted by an octagonal bell-cupola with a weather vane.
The entrance features a pedimented tetra-style portico supported by Doric columns, leading to an open arcade with a shallow arch flanked by semi-circular arches, all of which have keyblocks and moulded architraves. The left wing mirrors the main structure but has a plain parapet. The King Street front displays paired arches and sashes above. The rear of the building is made of brick, resting on ashlar piers and arches. A bell from the old St Leonards Church in Corve Street is also part of the structure.
Inside, there is a central window with a fanlight and a glazed upper casement, along with moulded arches featuring keyblocks and a string course.
Local climate
The Butter Cross receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 52% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 61% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 43 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 85% of listed buildings. Of these, 22 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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