 It is heavily weathered (the rock type is oolite - a soft limestone), especially on the front right where it serves as a seat for patrons of the adjacent public house now known as '"The Cross"'  bed and breakfast.In August 1861 the local waywardens decided that the village cross was a hindrance to the public way and endeavoured to remove it.The villagers were much against this and when masons from a neighbouring city began the act of despoiling it, the villagers gathered around the cross in its defence and a melee ensued involving both men and women inhabitants.