Medieval Cross Base At Hexton Manor (4M To Nw Of Porch) is a Grade II listed building in the North Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 March 1985. Cross base.
Medieval Cross Base At Hexton Manor (4M To Nw Of Porch)
- WRENN ID
- veiled-eave-umber
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Hertfordshire
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 21 March 1985
- Type
- Cross base
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
HEXTON HEXTON TL 1030 (East side)
8/10 Medieval Cross Base - at Hexton Manor (4M to NW of porch)
GV II
Base of former Standing Cross. Probably that of a Palm Cross set up in the churchyard following a bequest in a will of 1524, but presumably removed in later C16, and base recovered and placed in present position probably when school built near church in 1846 for Madame de Lautour, Lady of the Manor. Hard limestone freestone. A single square block noted by the RCHM c.1909 as being 2ft 3inches square and eleven inches high. A square socket central for the crossshaft. The top is octagonal with a bold edge-roll, the transition to the square shaped bottom is by a convex topped stop at each corner. A cross is mentioned as standing by the town house door in a late C16 account of the parish by Francis Taverner (B.M. Add M.S. 6223: VCH (1908)352: RCHM (1911)116: inf Mrs. Ashley Cooper).
Listing NGR: TL1080330503
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