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
Country
England
Date first listed
15 April 1954
Type
Market hall
Source
Historic England listing

Description

LUDLOW

SO5174 THE CROSS 825-1/1/475 The Butter Cross 15/04/54

GV I

Market Hall. c1746. By William Baker of Audlem. Ashlar; 2-storeys; 3-window range: central tripartite, 1/1: 3/3: 1/1 sash flanked by 3/3 sashes, all with shouldered architraves and corbelled stone sills; side pilasters to moulded frieze and cornice; balustraded parapet with ball ornaments; rectangular ashlar clock turret with moulded hood; surmounted by octagonal bell-cupola with weather vane. Pedimented tetra-style portico with Doric columns, to open arcade with shallow arch flanked by semi-circular arches, all with keyblocks and moulded architraves. Wing to left similar, but with plain parapet. King Street front has paired arches and sashes over. Rear of brick, over ashlar piers and arches. Bell from old St Leonards Church in Corve Street. INTERIOR: central window with fanlight glazed upper casement; moulded arches with keyblocks; string course. (Clifton-Taylor A: Six English Towns: 1978-: PP.163-165; Buildings of England: Pevsner N: Shropshire: 1958-: P.184).

Listing NGR: SO5112074654

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