Listed Building

The only legal part of the listing under the Planning (Listing Buildings and Conservation Areas) (Scotland) Act 1997 is the address/name of site. Addresses and building names may have changed since the date of listing – see 'About Listed Buildings' below for more information. The further details below the 'Address/Name of Site' are provided for information purposes only.

Address/Name of Site

Market Cross, Station Road, BanchoryLB21870

Status: Designated

Documents

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Summary

Category
B
Date Added
18/08/1972
Last Date Amended
27/03/2017
Local Authority
Aberdeenshire
Planning Authority
Aberdeenshire
Burgh
Banchory
NGR
NO 70711 95830
Coordinates
370711, 795830

Description

Probably 17th century market cross. Carved from a single piece of stone this cross comprises an octagonal stone shaft (7feet and 6inchs high) and a square head.

Statement of Special Interest

Market (or mercat) crosses are stone monuments that were erected to symbolise that a settlement had the right to hold markets. It would serve as the focal point of the settlement and as well as markets, other events took place at these monuments, such as the public proclamation (announcement) of news such as the birth of a new member of the royal family or the results of an election. It was also the place where criminals were punished.

Many market crosses have been moved. This market cross stood near Cobbleheugh (now the site of Banchory Lodge Hotel). A weekly Fair was held there and on the 12th of June each year a public holiday marked a Special Fair dedicated to Saint Ternan. The cross was relocated to Silverbank (near the Banchory Woollen Mill) and then to Burnett Park. It was moved to the south of Banchory Ternan East Church in 1975.

Statutory address and listed building record revised in 2017. Previously listed as 'Market Cross, Burnett Park'.

References

Bibliography

Canmore: http://canmore.org.uk/ CANMORE ID 232301.

Printed Sources

New Statistical Account (1834-45) Banchory-Ternan, County of Kincardine. Volume11 p.355.

Sharples, J., Walker, D. W. and Woodworth, M. (2015) The Buildings of Scotland: Aberdeenshire South and Aberdeen. London: Yale University Press. p.364.

Online Sources

Banchory Ternan East Church. Banchory Ternan East Church History at http://www.banchoryeastchurch.org/before1825.htm [accessed 25/05/2016].

Scran. Pathfinder: Mercat Crosses at http://www.scran.ac.uk/database/record.php?usi=005-000-008-047-C&searchdb=scran [accessed 25/05/2016].

About Listed Buildings

Historic Environment Scotland is responsible for designating sites and places at the national level. These designations are Scheduled monuments, Listed buildings, Inventory of gardens and designed landscapes and Inventory of historic battlefields.

We make recommendations to the Scottish Government about historic marine protected areas, and the Scottish Ministers decide whether to designate.

Listing is the process that identifies, designates and provides statutory protection for buildings of special architectural or historic interest as set out in the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) (Scotland) Act 1997.

We list buildings which are found to be of special architectural or historic interest using the selection guidance published in Designation Policy and Selection Guidance (2019)

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Images

Market Cross, Banchory, looking west, during daytime on a clear day with blue sky

Map

Map

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