Butter Cross is a Grade I listed building in the East Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 May 1949. A C17 Monument.

Butter Cross

WRENN ID
lunar-zinc-sage
Grade
I
Local Planning Authority
East Suffolk
Country
England
Date first listed
9 May 1949
Type
Monument
Period
C17
Source
Historic England listing

Description

  1. 924 MARKET PLACE ------------ Butter Cross TM 3389 1/77 9.5.49.

I GV

    1. Octagonal on plan, with lead covered dome roof, wood pedestal supporting a lead figure of justice weighing 18 cwt, added in 1754. The columns are now supported on stone plinths but originally the area of the cross was raised on steps, the columns resting on wood bases, and in the centre was a prisoner's cage for temporary detention of delinquents, which was removed in 1836, the steps being done away with in 1867, when an earlier dungeon was discovered underneath, said to be the remains of the earlier cross destroyed by the fire of 1688. Scheduled AM.

Nos 1 to 11 (odd), Nos 11A, 13 and 17 to 21 (odd) form a group together with the butter cross.

Listing NGR: TM3363689773

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