The Round House and Base of Medieval Market Cross
THE ROUND HOUSE AND BASE OF MEDIEVAL MARKET CROSS, NEWPORT SQUARE
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed building
- List Entry Number:
- 1195995
- Date first listed:
- 13-Sept-1972
- Statutory Address:
- THE ROUND HOUSE AND BASE OF MEDIEVAL MARKET CROSS, NEWPORT SQUARE
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- Date:
- 2001-09-28
- Reference:
- IOE01/05131/01
- Rights:
- © Mr Bryon J. Mason. Source: Historic England Archive
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed building
- List Entry Number:
- 1195995
- Date first listed:
- 13-Sept-1972
- Statutory Address 1:
- THE ROUND HOUSE AND BASE OF MEDIEVAL MARKET CROSS, NEWPORT SQUARE
Location
- Statutory Address:
- THE ROUND HOUSE AND BASE OF MEDIEVAL MARKET CROSS, NEWPORT SQUARE
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Cornwall (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Launceston
- National Grid Reference:
- SX 32820 85165
Details
LAUNCESTON
SX3285 NEWPORT SQUARE 660-1/3/104 (South side) 13/09/72 The Round House and base of Medieval Market Cross
GV II
Market house and preaching cross. Medieval cross base; 1829 market house built for the Duke of Northumberland. Granite plinth, otherwise stuccoed brick with buttressed angles and moulded cornice to embattled parapet; conical slate roof with tall weather vane. Octagonal plan. Gothic style. Single storey; 4 open bays with 2-centred-arched openings. Shaft of cross is short dressed granite monolith. It is from this cross that former Members of Parliament were proposed when Newport was a separate Parliamentary Borough.
Listing NGR: SX3282085165
Legacy
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- Legacy System number:
- 370041
- Legacy System:
- LBS
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