Listed Building record MDO4517 - Medieval cross, Okeford Fitzpaine

The remains of a medieval stone cross comprising a base formed from two steps and a plinth with chamfered corners, into which is set the base of a shaft. This cross probably dates to the early fourteenth century.

A cross, standing on what was once Okeford Fitzpaine village green, consists of two steps with a socket stone about 3 feet square and 1 3/4 feet deep. The square set shaft has been sawn off level with the base. Probably early 14th century. <1>

ST 80631092 The remains of Okeford Fitzpaine Medieval Village cross consists of a worn base of two massive steps, the lower being 2.4m square x 0.4m high with a chamfered plinth, and the upper 1.8m x 1.6m x 0.2m high; supporting a socket stone 0.9m x 0.8m x 0.55m high, which is square to octagonal with broached corners. The sawn-off cross shaft base, 0.35m square, remains visible.

A plaque set on the north side of the steps, records that the cross was renovated in 1953.

Surveyed at 1:2500 on AM. <3>

Remains of cross (as described by Authy 1 & 2). <2>

National Record of the Historic Environment, 206220 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

<1> Pope, A, 1906, Old Stone Crosses of Dorset, 76-77 Photograph (Bibliographic reference). SWX1408.

<2> Royal Commission on Historic Monuments, 1970, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume III (Central) Part 2, 203 No 4 (Monograph). SDO136.

‘(4) CROSS, remains, 160 yds. N.W. of (1), are of ashlar and comprise a chamfered plinth and two square steps on which rests an octagonal cross-base, chamfered on top and with broach stops occupying the corners of th e square. The tenon of the cross-shaft still lodges in a square mortice at the centre of the octagon, but the rest has gone.’

<3> Stone, J W, Field Investigators Comments JWS, F1 JWS 06-MAR-78 (Unpublished document). SDO11902.

<4> Ordnance Survey, OS55/F184/3 (Aerial Photograph). SDO18589.

<5> Ordnance Survey, OS78/F17/14A (Aerial Photograph). SDO18590.

<6> Ordnance Survey, OS78/F17/15A (Aerial Photograph). SDO18591.

Record last edited

Aug 23 2024 12:25PM