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Description: | Essentially 15th century in date the Butter Cross is a reminder of the city's origins as a market centre. It was radically restored in the 1860s by the architect George Gilbert Scott. It stands in the High Street at the northern end of the Pentice and became known as the Butter Cross during the early 19th century when traders in dairy produce sold their wares around it, prior to this it was known as the City Cross or the High Cross. Only the statue of St John, on the south side is medieval.
Today all the buildings nearby remain.
Reference:
Morriss, R K. (1994) The Buildings of Winchester. p. 84.
Copy photograph made by Derek Dine 1970-1980. | Format: | image/jpeg | License: | http://www.sopse.org.uk/ixbin/hixclient.exe?a=query&p=gateway&f=generic_sitetext%2ehtm&_IXFIRST_=1&_IXMAXHITS_=1&cms_con_core_subtype%3acms_con_text_what=copyright&%3acms_sys_group=%22sopse%22 | Rights holder: | Hampshire Library and Information Service - Hampshire County Council | Subjects: | shop street costume monument High Street Butter Cross bicycle | Temporal: | start=1904-01-01; end=1904-12-31; | Source: | Sense of place SE | Creator: | Copied by: Dine, Derek; Hampshire County Council | Identifier: | http://www.sopse.org.uk/ixbin/hixclient.... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | image/jpeg | Go to resource |
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