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
Gaveston's Cross is a monument located in Leek Wootton, designed by J C Jackson in 1832. It commemorates the site of the execution of Piers Gaveston, who was the favorite and supposed lover of Edward II, in 1312. The monument is made of sandstone ashlar and stands 25 feet high. It features five stepped plinths, topped by a square base that has a plaque on its south face. Above the base are four square pillars that support a stone slab, which is topped with a heavy short stone cross. The plaque bears the inscription: "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."
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