Description

RIPLEY MARKET PLACE
SE 2860-2960 (south side)

8/96 Weeping Cross
approximately 5 metres
north of Church of All
Saints
15.3.66 (formerly listed as
Weeping cross in
churchyard)

GV II*

Base of weeping cross. Medieval. Gritstone. 2 circular blocks of stone,
the lower having 8 recesses with segmental lower edges and a continuous roll
moulding toeacharras. The upper stone has slightly inward-bowed sides; the
overall height is approximately 1.5 metres and there is a rectangular cavity
in the top. The recesses are said to allow the faithfull to kneel in, but
assuming that the cross originally stood higher (possibly on another plinth)
the recesses are more likely to be for the bowed head. The church (qv) was
built in c1395; it is uncertain whether the cross stood on the earlier
church site further south and was moved, or whether it was already on the
site or newly erected at that date. Scheduled Ancient Monument No 417.

Listing NGR: SE2834060518

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17536611

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Recommended Books

• 
  Northumberland (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: Vale and Forest of Dean Pt. 2 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments
• 
  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
• 
  Surrey (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)