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Butter Cross

A Grade II* Listed Building in Witney, Oxfordshire

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Coordinates

Latitude: 51.7836 / 51°47'1"N

Longitude: -1.4852 / 1°29'6"W

OS Eastings: 435607

OS Northings: 209567

OS Grid: SP356095

Mapcode National: GBR 6VS.3BM

Mapcode Global: VHC02.6FPJ

Plus Code: 9C3WQGM7+FW

Entry Name: Butter Cross

Listing Date: 14 May 1952

Grade: II*

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1213348

English Heritage Legacy ID: 397911

ID on this website: 101213348

Location: Witney, West Oxfordshire, OX28

County: Oxfordshire

District: West Oxfordshire

Civil Parish: Witney

Built-Up Area: Witney

Traditional County: Oxfordshire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Oxfordshire

Church of England Parish: Witney

Church of England Diocese: Oxford

Tagged with: Buttercross

Description


WITNEY MARKET SQUARE SP3509N (East side) 10/184 Butter Cross 14/05/52 GV II

Market building. Late 16/early C17; cupola added 1683; C19 repair work. Render over timber frame to cross gables; stands on 13 round limestone ashlar piers; stone slate cross-gabled roof and lean-to pentice roof to all sides. Roof surmounted. by clock-turret with cupola and sundial: medallion inscribed "Erected 1683 by Gulilmus Blake Armiger of Cogges". Interior: central stone pier stands on 3 stone steps; dentilled wall plates trenched across cross-beams support roof. The Blake family owned Manor Farm, Cogges (q.v.). Scheduled as an Ancient Monument. (Buildings of England: Oxfordshire, p.846).

Listing NGR: SP3560709567

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