Base of Old Market Cross Approximately 8 Metres North East of St Leonards Tower
BASE OF OLD MARKET CROSS APPROXIMATELY 8 METRES NORTH EAST OF ST LEONARDS TOWER, WOLBOROUGH STREET
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed building
- List Entry Number:
- 1256726
- Date first listed:
- 16-Jul-1949
- Statutory Address:
- BASE OF OLD MARKET CROSS APPROXIMATELY 8 METRES NORTH EAST OF ST LEONARDS TOWER, WOLBOROUGH STREET
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed building
- List Entry Number:
- 1256726
- Date first listed:
- 16-Jul-1949
- Date of most recent amendment:
- 11-Dec-1996
- Statutory Address 1:
- BASE OF OLD MARKET CROSS APPROXIMATELY 8 METRES NORTH EAST OF ST LEONARDS TOWER, WOLBOROUGH STREET
Location
- Statutory Address:
- BASE OF OLD MARKET CROSS APPROXIMATELY 8 METRES NORTH EAST OF ST LEONARDS TOWER, WOLBOROUGH STREET
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Devon
- District:
- Teignbridge (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Newton Abbot
- National Grid Reference:
- SX 85803 71204
Details
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
Legacy
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- Legacy System number:
- 464618
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Pevsner, N, Cherry, B, The Buildings of England: Devon, (1989), 592
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