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
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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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