Gaveston'S Cross is a Grade II listed building in the Warwick local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 April 1967. Monument.
Gaveston'S Cross
- WRENN ID
- high-forge-hazel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Warwick
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 April 1967
- Type
- Monument
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
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LEEK WOOTTON, Blacklow Hill, Gaveston's Cross
11.04.67
II
1832 by J C Jackson. Monument to mark the site of the execution of Piers Gaveston, the favourite, and supposed lover, of Edward II, in 1312. Sandstone ashlar. 25ft high. Comprises five stepped plinth, on top of which is a square base with a plaque in its south face. Base surmounted by four square pillars topped by a stone slab on which is a heavy short stone cross. The inscription on the plaque reads "In the hollow of this rock was beheaded on the 17 day of July 1312, by barons lawless as himself, Piers Gaveston, Earl of Cornwall, the minion of a hateful king, in life and death a memorable instance of misrule".
Listing NGR: SP2890867534
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