NHER 34588 (Structure record) - Medieval cross

New site of Cross base, described under county numbers NHER 15166 (original site) and NHER 4549 (secondary site).
Listed Building II, Scheduled 1999.
E. Rose, (NLA) 18 July 1999.

October 1985. Listed, Grade II.
Listing Description excerpt:
"Cross base and stump of shaft. Medieval. Limestone. Square base. Shaft of rectangular section. The letter G carved on one side of base indicating its former use as a boundary marker of Glebe land. Moved to present location in 1981."
Information from (S1).
Please consult the National Heritage List for England (S1) for the current listing details.
Amended by P. Beers (HES), 21 April 2020.

July 1999. Scheduled.
Scheduling Description:
The monument includes the remains of a medieval village cross situated on Beachamwell village green, approximately 0.6m from the east wall of St Mary's churchyard. The cross, which is listed Grade II, includes the lower part of the cross shaft supported on a socket stone. The socket stone which forms the base of the cross is aligned NNW-SSE, at an angle to the line of the churchyard wall. It stands 0.33m above the ground surface and measures approximately 0.7m square. The surface is weathered, but shows traces of chamfering around the upper edge. The surviving part of the cross shaft is rectangular in cross section, measuring 0.34m by 0.17m, and is 0.56m in height, set WSW-ENE into a slightly larger rectangular socket in the upper surface of the base.
The cross stood formerly at the opposite end of the green, approximately 100m to the east of its present position. In the mid-19th century it was moved from there to a site approximately 670m to the north east, where it was set up as a glebe boundary marker and the letter G incised on what is now the south east face of the socket stone. It was returned to the green in 1981. A small stake containing an information panel set close to the eastern face of the socket stone is excluded from the scheduling, although the ground beneath it is included.
Information from (S2) and (S3).