Butter Cross is a Grade II* listed building in the West Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 May 1952. Market building.

Butter Cross

WRENN ID: seventh-slate-falcon
Grade: II*
Local Planning Authority: West Oxfordshire
Country: England
Date first listed: 14 May 1952
Type: Market building
Source: Historic England listing

Description

WITNEY MARKET SQUARE SP3509N (East side) 10/184 Butter Cross 14/05/52 GV II

Market building. Late 16/early C17; cupola added 1683; C19 repair work. Render over timber frame to cross gables; stands on 13 round limestone ashlar piers; stone slate cross-gabled roof and lean-to pentice roof to all sides. Roof surmounted. by clock-turret with cupola and sundial: medallion inscribed "Erected 1683 by Gulilmus Blake Armiger of Cogges". Interior: central stone pier stands on 3 stone steps; dentilled wall plates trenched across cross-beams support roof. The Blake family owned Manor Farm, Cogges (q.v.). Scheduled as an Ancient Monument. (Buildings of England: Oxfordshire, p.846).

Listing NGR: SP3560709567

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