Remains Of Churchyard Cross, In Churchyard About 18 Metres South Of Nave, Church Of All Saints

Date:
8 Oct 1999
Location:
Remains Of Churchyard Cross, In Churchyard About 18 Metres South Of Nave, Church Of All Saints, Wootton Courtenay, West Somerset, Somerset
Reference:
IOE01/00047/31
Type:
Photograph (Digital)
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Description

This information is taken from the statutory List as it was in 2001 and may not be up to date.

SS94SW WOOTTON COURTENAY CP WOOTTON COURTENAY VILLAGE

6/121 Remains of churchyard cross, in churchyard about 18 metres south of nave, Church of All Saints -

GV II*

Churchyard cross, Early C15, mid C19 calvary. Ham stone. Three stage calvary, unusually fine socket, octagonal, 4 engaged columns with moulded caps and plinths, recessed panels with moulded surrounds, tapering shaft with deep grooves to the angles, in all about 1.8 m high, A Buckler drawing of 1839 shows shields in the recessed panels of which there are now no trace; Pooley refers to the remains of sculpture on 2 sides of the shaft, likewise no longer extant.

(Pooley, Old Crosses of Somerset, 1877).

Listing NGR: SS9381843414

Content

This is part of the Series: IOE\Rayner_R.M IOE Records for Rayner, R.M; within the Collection: IOE01 Images Of England

Rights

Copyright IoE Mr R.M Rayner. Source Historic England Archive

This photograph was taken for the Images of England project

People & Organisations

Photographer: Rayner, R.M

Rights Holder: Rayner, R.M

Keywords

Ham Hill Stone, Medieval Cross, Religious Ritual And Funerary, Church, Mixed Cemetery, Cemetery, Funerary Site