Cross in churchyard, Church of St James the Great

Church of St James the Great, Church Road

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Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II*
List Entry Number:: 1059198
Date first listed:: 25-Jan-1956
List Entry Name:: Cross in churchyard, Church of St James the Great
Statutory Address:: Church of St James the Great, Church Road

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Official list entry

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II*
List Entry Number:: 1059198
Date first listed:: 25-Jan-1956
Date of most recent amendment:: 04-May-1984
List Entry Name:: Cross in churchyard, Church of St James the Great
Statutory Address 1:: Church of St James the Great, Church Road

This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.

Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.

For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.

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This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.

For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.

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Location

Statutory Address:: Church of St James the Great, Church Road

The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.

District:: Somerset (Unitary Authority)
Parish:: Fitzhead
National Grid Reference:: ST 11972 28374

Details

This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 10/05/2019

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FITZHEAD CP CHURCH ROAD (east side) Cross in churchyard, Church of St James the Great (formerly listed as Cross in St James Churchyard)

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GV II* Cross. C14, restored 1908. Grey sandstone, octagonal plan, two steps, socket with bold convex broaches, square tapering shaft with chamfered edges moulded as finials. Sculptured figure in niche on east side. Abrupt junction with restoration of 1908. Shaft continued with lantern top: east face, Virgin and Child; west face, Crucifixion; north St James the Great and south a Bishop. Scheduled Monument

Listing NGR: ST1197228374

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Legacy System number:: 270312
Legacy System:: LBS

Sources

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Pooley, C, An Historical and Descriptive Account of the Old Stone Crosses of Somerset, (1877)

Legal

This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.