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
St Edmund's Monument is a commemorative memorial in the form of a cross, erected in the mid-19th century. It marks the legendary site where Edmund, King of East Anglia and later St Edmund the Martyr, Patron Saint of England, was executed by the Danes in AD 870. The shaft of the monument was replaced after storm damage in 1907.
The monument is made of ashlar stone and red brick. It features a tapered rectangular stone shaft that ends in an Alisée Patée cross head. The shaft rises from a triple-stepped stone plinth and bears the inscription 'SAINT EDMUND THE MARTYR / A.D. 870 / OAK TREE FELL AUG.1843 [sic] / BY ITS OWN WEIGHT.' Above this inscription is a recessed panel that contains a relief carving of a crown set against crossed arrows. The entire structure stands on a plain base made of red brick.
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