Cut Mark, St.John the Baptist's Church, Thaxted, Essex, CM6 2PE
Posted by: 
greysman
N 51° 57.259 E 000° 20.500
31U E 317334 N 5759295
A well defined cut-mark on a buttress of this large parish church.
Waymark Code: WMMGAD
Location: Eastern England, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 09/16/2014
Views: 1
The church of St.John the Baptist in Thaxted is the largest church in Essex. It is Grade I listed and was built in the C14th with additions and rebuilds in the C15th and early C16th. It is built of flint rubble with limestone and clunch dressings with lead, slate and tile roofs.
The North and South arcades are circa 1340, the south transept, south porch and porch chamber late C14th, the north transept early C15th, and north porch and porch chamber mid C15th. The late C15th west tower has an early C19th spire. Rebuilds include the chancel, north and south chapels, early C16th when the clerestorey was added.
The cut mark is large and in excellent condition and is to be found low down, c20cm above the ground, on the west face of the buttress at the north-west angle of the tower, it's 94.964m above the Newlyn datum and was last verified in 1969.
Type of Trigpoint: Cut Bench Mark
Condition: Good
Number on Flush Bracket: none
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