REMAINS OF CHURCHYARD CROSS IN CHURCHYARD ABOUT 7 METRES SOUTH OF PORCH CHURCH OF ST GEORGE

REMAINS OF CHURCHYARD CROSS IN CHURCHYARD ABOUT 7 METRES SOUTH OF PORCH CHURCH OF ST GEORGE, DRAKES CLOSE

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Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II*
List Entry Number:: 1060396
Date first listed:: 25-Feb-1955
List Entry Name:: REMAINS OF CHURCHYARD CROSS IN CHURCHYARD ABOUT 7 METRES SOUTH OF PORCH CHURCH OF ST GEORGE
Statutory Address:: REMAINS OF CHURCHYARD CROSS IN CHURCHYARD ABOUT 7 METRES SOUTH OF PORCH CHURCH OF ST GEORGE, DRAKES CLOSE

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Official list entry

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II*
List Entry Number:: 1060396
Date first listed:: 25-Feb-1955
Date of most recent amendment:: 21-Feb-1986
List Entry Name:: REMAINS OF CHURCHYARD CROSS IN CHURCHYARD ABOUT 7 METRES SOUTH OF PORCH CHURCH OF ST GEORGE
Statutory Address 1:: REMAINS OF CHURCHYARD CROSS IN CHURCHYARD ABOUT 7 METRES SOUTH OF PORCH CHURCH OF ST GEORGE, DRAKES CLOSE

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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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Statutory Address:: REMAINS OF CHURCHYARD CROSS IN CHURCHYARD ABOUT 7 METRES SOUTH OF PORCH CHURCH OF ST GEORGE, DRAKES CLOSE

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

District:: Somerset (Unitary Authority)
Parish:: Ruishton
National Grid Reference:: ST 26364 25099

Details

RUISHTON CP DRAKES CLOSE (West side) ST22NE

1/101 Remains of churchyard cross in churchyard, about 7 m south of porch, Church of St George (formerly listed as Churchyard Cross) 25.2.55

GV II*

Remains of churchyard cross. Early C15, restored C18. Possibly Ham stone. Socket and base of shaft set on 2 later square steps forming the calvary, octagonal socket with sunk panels of sculpture much eroded, south side possibly representing the Virgin with deposed body of Christ, square angle shafts in corners with caps and bases, south west shaft damaged; square shaft with angles worked to a fillet, broken just above a bracket supported on a face. (Pooley, Old Crosses of Somerset, 1877).

Listing NGR: ST2636425099

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Legacy System number:: 270892
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Pooley, C, An Historical and Descriptive Account of the Old Stone Crosses of Somerset, (1877)

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