High Cross England, UK

Listed Building Description

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CIRENCESTER

SP0202 WEST MARKET PLACE 578-1/4/338 High Cross 23/07/71

GV II

Cross. Mediaeval on C15 base. Limestone. Cross on octagonal shaft with boss of carved decoration; square-section stone base enriched with pointed tracery and band of quatrefoils, and with a double-chamfered top. Removed from Market Place in C18 because of its delapidated condition and placed in Cirencester Park. Re-erected on present site in 1927. (Welsford J: Cirencester: A History and Guide: Gloucester: 1987-: P.46-49; The Buildings of England: Verey D: Gloucestershire: The Cotswolds: London: 1970-: P.175).

Listing NGR: SP0228302094