Swaffham Market Cross is a Grade I listed building in the Breckland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 January 1951. A Post-Medieval Market cross. 1 related planning application.
Swaffham Market Cross
- WRENN ID
- bitter-joist-flax
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- Breckland
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 10 January 1951
- Type
- Market cross
- Period
- Post-Medieval
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Swaffham Market Cross, also known as the Butter Cross, was built between 1781 and 1783 for George Walpole, the third Earl of Orford, likely designed by James Wyatt. It has undergone restorations in 1873, 1904, 1984, and 2018.
This circular structure is made of timber that is rendered and painted to resemble limestone, featuring a lead roof and a stone base. The exterior consists of a peristyle rotunda with a triple-stepped base that supports eight unfluted Roman Doric columns. These columns carry a plain entablature with a dentilled cornice. Two leaded steps lead into a half-round dome, which is topped by a statue of Ceres, the Roman goddess of corn and agriculture. She is depicted holding a cornucopia in her left hand and a sheaf of corn in her right hand.
Inside, the Market Cross has a stone-flagged floor beneath a dished plaster ceiling.
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- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
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