Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
23637
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
20/07/2000
Date of Amendment
20/07/2000
Name of Property
Market Cross
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Denbighshire
Community
Denbigh
Town
Locality
Denbigh - Lenten Pool
Easting
305024
Northing
366092
Street Side
Location
Located at the centre of a circular roandabout at the Lenten Pool Cross roads.
Description
Broad Class
Civil
Period
History
Market cross of the mid 1840s, originally erected in Crown Square and thereby replacing the medieval cross; by Thomas Fulljames, architect of Gloucester. The cross was moved to its present location at Lenten Pool in 1923, when the War Memorial was set up in Crown Square in its place.
Exterior
Market cross of tooled limestone, on a circular island with low rubble revettment. The cross consists of a tall tapering octagonal cross shaft with ogee-stopped top and chamfered abacus; 2-stage square chamfered plinth. The shaft is surmounted by a rectangular upper section with moulded capping and simple surmounting iron cross; the overall height is approximately 4,5m.
Interior
Reason for designation
Listed for its special interest as a mid C19 market cross in a prominent town-centre location.
Group value with other listed items at Lenten Pool.
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