Base Of Old Market Cross Approximately 8 Metres North East Of St Leonards Tower is a Grade II listed building in the Teignbridge local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 July 1949. Market cross base.
Base Of Old Market Cross Approximately 8 Metres North East Of St Leonards Tower
- WRENN ID
- forbidden-rampart-bracken
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Teignbridge
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 July 1949
- Type
- Market cross base
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
NEWTON ABBOT
SX8571SE WOLBOROUGH STREET 1012-1/13/160 Base of old Market Cross approx 8 16/07/49 metres north-east of St Leonard's Tower (Formerly Listed as: WOLBOROUGH STREET Base of old Market Cross)
GV II
Base of old market cross approx 8m north-east of St Leonard's Tower. Reported to be medieval, but probably C17. Stepped octagonal granite base approx one metre high and 2m across, with a shallow pointed cap. An inscription carved into the north-east side reads: "THE FIRST DECLARATION OF WILLIAM PRINCE OF ORANGE THE GLORIOUS DEFENDER OF THE LIBERTIES OF ENGLAND WAS READ ON THIS PEDESTAL BY THE REV JOHN REYNEL RECTOR OF THIS PARISH ON 5 NOVEMBER 1688." (BoE: Pevsner N & Cherry B: Devon: London: 1989-: 592).
Listing NGR: SX8580371204
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