SP1566 HIGH STREET
652-1/10/110 (East side)
05/04/67 Market Cross
GV II
Remains of market cross. Medieval, probably C15. Limestone. 2
stone steps to base, and worn tapering shaft approx. 3m high
with wrought-iron support rods. Recorded as having head with 4
niches containing figures of Crucifixion, Holy Trinity, St
Peter and, possibly, Virgin and Child until 1894; remains of
head now kept in Guildhall. Scheduled as an Ancient Monument.
(Buildings of England: Pevsner N: Warwickshire: Harmondsworth:
1966-: 310; Victoria County History: Styles P: Victoria
History of the County of Warwickshire: 1945-: 206-12).
Listing NGR: SP1511266113
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