Market Cross
MARKET CROSS, MARKET PLACE
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed building
- List Entry Number:
- 1204824
- Date first listed:
- 11-Mar-1987
- Statutory Address:
- MARKET CROSS, MARKET PLACE
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- Reference:
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed building
- List Entry Number:
- 1204824
- Date first listed:
- 11-Mar-1987
- Statutory Address 1:
- MARKET CROSS, MARKET PLACE
Location
- Statutory Address:
- MARKET CROSS, MARKET PLACE
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Derbyshire
- District:
- South Derbyshire (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Melbourne
- National Grid Reference:
- SK3862125185
Details
SK 38/3925 PARISH OF MELBOURNE MARKET PLACE
6/138 (South Side)
Market Cross
GV II
Market cross. 1889 by James Wright with alterations, dated
1953, restored 1977. Ashlar and timber with hipped plain tile
roof. Large central stone pier has moulded base with wooden
bench attached, all round. Above there are blind C12 style
semi-circular headed niches to all except the south side, with
scalloped capitals, nookshafts and moulded arches, plus
continuous impost band and hoodmoulds. West side has the
inscription 'Erected 1889' within the niche and the north side
has an inset brass plaque recording the fact that the monument
was erected by public subscription to celebrate Victoria's
Jubilee. Beneath this is a short history of Melbourne. The
south side has another brass plaque recording that the timber
shelter was erected in 1953 and that the monument and shelter
were restored in 1977. Above the arches there is a wide moulded
cornice and above again is an octagonal stone spire with a lamp
to the top. Attached to the top of the cornice, a wide timber
shelter has been erected with three large posts to each side.
Listing NGR: SK3862125185
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- Legacy System number:
- 83122
- Legacy System:
- LBS
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