SO8218NE ST MARY'S SQUARE
844-1/7/325 (West side)
23/01/52 Bishop Hooper's Monument
GV II
Monument commemorating Bishop Hooper on the site where the
bishop was burnt at the stake in 1555. 1861-63. By Medland and
Maberley. Ashlar. A "tabernacle" canopy, in a Decorated Gothic
style, containing a slightly larger than life size statue of
the bishop by Edward W Thornhill of Dublin. Paid for by public
subscription.
EXTERIOR: square base, with moulded plinth and weathered top,
rising from the base at each corner buttressed piers, crowned
by pinnacles at each corner and on each side between the piers
an open, foiled arch and gablet; all crowned by a tall,
crocketed spire with finial; within the canopy on an arcaded
base the standing statue of the bishop facing east.
Listing NGR: SO8298818880
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