Village Cross is a Grade II* listed building in the North Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 February 1961. Monument.
Village Cross
- WRENN ID
- secret-attic-sepia
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- North Somerset
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 February 1961
- Type
- Monument
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
ST 46 SW CONGRESBURY C.P. 4/95 9.2.61
BROAD STREET
Village Cross
G.V. II*
Village Cross. C15 with C19 shaft finial. Limestone. Octagonal on plan with 4 tiers of steps (formerly 6 - two are buried by the raising of the road level) up to square socket which has broached shoulders. Shaft square on plan also has broached shoulders and is 3 metres high. C19 finial to shaft apex with block base and ball. The whole structure is 6 metres high and forms an important visual element at the head of Broad Street opposite the Ship and Castle Inn (q.v.). The cross is a scheduled ancient monument, Avon No. 111. (Charles Pooley, The Old Stone Crosses of Somerset, 1877).
Listing NGR: ST4373263818
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