Description

BURNLEY

SD8433SW BANK PARADE
906-1/10/13 (East side)
10/11/51 Market cross and stocks in garden of
Burnley College Adult Education
Centre
(Formerly Listed as:
BANK PARADE
(East side)
Steps of market cross and old stocks
in the grounds of Old Grammar School)

GV II

Formerly known as: Steps of market cross & old stocks, near
junction of Bank Parade and Church St BANK PARADE.
Base of former market cross, with remains of former stocks.
Cross erected c1617, and stocks said to have been constructed
in earlier C16, both in former market place to east of Church
of St Peter (qv) and removed to this site c1881. Gritstone.
The base of the cross is octagonal, with one step, a 3-course
plinth of large blocks, and a large moulded monolithic
pedestal. The remains of the stocks, built close to the cross
so that its step served as the seat, consist of 2 low jambs
and a damaged 2-part sill cut away in the centre.
HISTORY: last used in 1865.

Listing NGR: SD8423433066

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26273543

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Recommended Books

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  Renovating Old Houses: Bringing New Life to Vintage Homes (For Pros By Pros)
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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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  Period property manual, victorian house manual 2 books collection set by ian rock
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)