BUTTER STONE
Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1121050
- Date first listed:
- 17-Jun-1986
- Statutory Address:
- BUTTER STONE, MOOR ROAD
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Location
- Statutory Address:
- BUTTER STONE, MOOR ROAD
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- County Durham (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Cotherstone
- National Grid Reference:
- NY 99973 18384
Details
COTHERSTONE MOOR ROAD
NY 91 NE 999184
(West side,off)
15/62 Butter Stone
II
Grooved, roughly-pyramidal boulder about 0.75 metre high. This boulder was
used during the 1663-5 plague as an exchange point where the inhabitants of
Barnard Castle could leave money for produce left by the farmers of the region
without the 2 groups ever meeting. The stone is listed for historical interest.
(Allan Ramsden, Cotherstone and its Neighbourhood, 1911).
Listing NGR: NY9997318384
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 111225
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Ramsden, A, Cotherstone and its Neighbourhood, (1911)
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
End of official listing
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