Beneath the hall was an open arcade, now partly enclosed, where stalls selling produce could be set up.

The Buttercross was designed by a local architect, William Baker of Audlem, and is a Grade I listed building.

[1] Although their origins are unclear, they are generally believed to derive from the High crosses or free-standing stones of the Early Mediaeval period.

[13] The Buttercross is of two storeys and three bays fronted by a portico, with a pedimented roof and a clock set into a cupola above.

[9] John Newman, in the revised Shropshire volume in The Buildings of England series published in 2006, said of Baker's work at the Buttercross; "[while] not polished, it has an attractiveness robustness".