Listed Building record MDO13622 - Market Cross, Market Cross, Sturminster Newton

According to the older local people in about 1900, the cross was restored about a hundred years before, the old Ham Hill stonework being replaced by Melbury stone. Pope says that this is to some extend confirmed by the several pieces of worked Ham Hill stone build in with the Melbury. <2>

MARKET CROSS (78641407), 200 yds. N.W. of the church, comprises four stone steps, octagonal in plan, and an octagonal pedestal above; the shaft and cross have gone. The steps and pedestal are probably of the 15th century. <3>

The Medieval cross-base is generally as described by RCHM <3>. It is in a good state of preservation, though time-worn. Detail checked on 1:2500 AM. <4>

<1> Ordnance Survey, 1900, Ordnance Survey 25-inch map, epoch two (Map). SDO11594.

ST 78641408. Cross (NR) (remains of)

<2> Pope, A, 1906, Old Stone Crosses of Dorset, 127-8 (Bibliographic reference). SWX1408.

<3> Royal Commission on Historic Monuments, 1970, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume III (Central) Part 2, 271 (Monograph). SDO136.

‘(2) MARKET CROSS (78641407), 200 yds. N.W. of the church, comprises four stone steps, octagonal in plan, and an octagonal pedestal above; the shaft and cross have gone. The steps and pedestal are probably of the 15th century.’

<4> Barrett, G, Various, Field Investigators Comments GB, F1 GB 09-AUG-78 (Unpublished document). SDO17369.

<5> Historic England, Historic England Archive, OS55/F195/3 (Index). SDO14738.

MEDIEVAL MARKET CROSS AT STURMINSTER NEWTON FROM EAST. Photographer: UNKNOWN

<6> Historic England, Historic England Archive, OS78/F48/9A (Index). SDO14738.

REMAINS OF MARKET CROSS, OCTAGONAL IN PLAN AND CONSISTING OF 4 STEPS WITH AN OCTAGONAL PEDESTAL ABOVE. 15TH CENTURY

<7> National Record of the Historic Environment, 202245 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Aug 23 2024 3:14PM