150. NORTHAMPTON
MARKET CROSS
The Market Cross of Axbridge, Somersetshire (Fig. [148]), illustrated, after a painting of the year 1756, in a communication from George Bennett to the Gentleman's Magazine, 1805, was demolished in or about 1770. The structure appears to have been hexagonal on plan. Its piers were buttressed, its arches four-centred. The surrounding parapet was of pierced Gothic tracery, interrupted by a pinnacle over each of the piers. The roof was conical, with a lofty vane. The height to which the steps within, beneath the central shaft, rose, suggests that this was an instance where the cross must have been in existence first, and the shelter a subsequent addition.
151. SHEPTON MALLET, SOMERSETSHIRE
INSCRIPTION ON MARKET CROSS
152. SHEPTON MALLET, SOMERSETSHIRE
MARKET CROSS