Village Cross
VILLAGE CROSS, BROAD STREET
Listed on the National Heritage List for England. Search over 400,000 listed places
Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1158002
- Date first listed:
- 09-Feb-1961
- List Entry Name:
- Village Cross
- Statutory Address:
- VILLAGE CROSS, BROAD STREET
Location
Location of this list entry and nearby places that are also listed. Use our map search to find more listed places.
Use of this mapping is subject to terms and conditions .
This map is for quick reference purposes only and may not be to scale.
What is the National Heritage List for England?
The National Heritage List for England is a unique register of our country's most significant historic buildings and sites. The places on the list are protected by law and most are not open to the public.
The list includes:
 |
Buildings |
 |
Scheduled monuments |
 |
Parks and gardens |
 |
Battlefields |
 |
Shipwrecks |
Images of England Project
- Date:
- 2000-06-11
- Reference:
- IOE01/02512/13
- Rights:
- © Mike Bedingfield. Source: Historic England Archive
Local Heritage Hub
Unlock and explore hidden histories, aerial photography, and listed buildings and places for every county, district, city and major town across England.
Discover moreOfficial list entry
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1158002
- Date first listed:
- 09-Feb-1961
- List Entry Name:
- Village Cross
- Statutory Address 1:
- VILLAGE CROSS, BROAD STREET
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- VILLAGE CROSS, BROAD STREET
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- North Somerset (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Congresbury
- National Grid Reference:
- ST4373263818
Details
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
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 33963
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Pooley, C, An Historical and Descriptive Account of the Old Stone Crosses of Somerset, (1877)
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
Map
This map is for quick reference purposes only and may not be to scale. This copy shows the entry on 05-Jun-2026 at 21:49:48.
Download a full scale map (PDF)End of official list entry
All text content is available under the Open Government Licence v3.0 , except where otherwise stated. Any supplied maps are © Crown Copyright [and database rights] 2026 OS AC0000815036 and may not be reproduced without permission.