Market Cross, Cheddar

[2][3] The stone cross, used to mark the village's market square, has a central octagonal pier surrounded by a hexagonal shelter.

[7][8] The cross was badly damaged again in March 2012, when a taxi crashed into it late at night demolishing two sides.

[9][10] Repair work using as much of the original stone as possible,[11] which included the addition of wooden-clad steel posts to protect against future crashes, was completed in November 2012 at a cost of £60,000.

[12][13] It has a central octagonal pier, a socket raised on three steps, a hexagonal shelter with six arched four-centred openings, shallow two-stage buttresses at each angle, and an embattled parapet.

[2] The shaft is crowned by an abacus with figures in niches, probably from the late 19th century, although the cross is now missing.

Photochrom of Cheddar Market Cross in the 1890s