The Market Cross is a Grade II listed building in the West Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 May 1954. Market cross.
The Market Cross
- WRENN ID
- long-gutter-clover
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Suffolk
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 7 May 1954
- Type
- Market cross
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
TL 7174 MILDENHALL MARKET PLACE
12/60 The Market Cross 7.5.54 II
Market cross, C15. Hexagonal plan. Open, single-storey. Timber-framed. Leaded pyramid roof; a lead sheet has the date 1681 and initials R.C. and W.M. impressed upon it. Central wooden spike finial with iron weathervane. Each of 6 rib-moulded corner posts has hewn moulded pilasters supporting arch-bracing on 4 sides. The arch-bracing supports a tie-beam spanning between each post. Further tie-beams radiate from the centre of the structure, cantilevered over the post at each corner. A central pillar on the main tie-beam supports the roof apex, where principal rafters from each corner converge. At the eaves is a moulded fascia, with a moulded drop-finial at each corner, arch-braced up to the fascia. Apart from some replacement roof-members, the structure is weathered but original. It is a Scheduled Ancient Monument.
Listing NGR: TL7106974660
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