St Edmund's Monument is a Grade II listed building in the Mid Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 December 2018. Monument.
St Edmund's Monument
- WRENN ID
- dusted-ember-sparrow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Mid Suffolk
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 December 2018
- Type
- Monument
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
A commemorative memorial in the form of a cross, erected in the mid-C19 marking the site, according to legend, where Edmund, King of East Anglia, subsequently St Edmund the Martyr, Patron Saint of England, was executed by the Danes in AD 870; the shaft was replaced following storm damage in 1907.
MATERIALS. Ashlar stone and red brick.
EXTERIOR. The monument comprises a tapered rectangular stone shaft terminating in an Alisée Patée cross head. The shaft rises from a triple-stepped stone plinth, and carries the inscription ' SAINT EDMUND THE MARTYR / A.D. 870 / OAK TREE FELL AUG.1843 [sic] / BY ITS OWN WEIGHT.' Above the inscription is a recessed panel within which is a relief carving of a crown set against crossed arrows. The monument stands on a plain base of red brick.
SOURCES: Hoxne History, ‘The Legend of St Edmund and his Monument’, https://www.hoxnehistory.org.uk/St%20Edmund.php, accessed 11 January 2022
This list entry was subjected to a Minor Enhancement to provide a historical note and source on the 14 January 2022
Detailed Attributes
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