Stone Elephant and Castle in Garden of Elephant and Castle Cottage
STONE ELEPHANT AND CASTLE IN GARDEN OF ELEPHANT AND CASTLE COTTAGE, STONE HOUSE LANE
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1138623
- Date first listed:
- 29-Oct-1984
- List Entry Name:
- Stone Elephant and Castle in Garden of Elephant and Castle Cottage
- Statutory Address:
- STONE ELEPHANT AND CASTLE IN GARDEN OF ELEPHANT AND CASTLE COTTAGE, STONE HOUSE LANE
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- Date:
- 2002-03-29
- Reference:
- IOE01/05491/26
- Rights:
- © Mr J M Pickering. Source: Historic England Archive
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1138623
- Date first listed:
- 29-Oct-1984
- List Entry Name:
- Stone Elephant and Castle in Garden of Elephant and Castle Cottage
- Statutory Address 1:
- STONE ELEPHANT AND CASTLE IN GARDEN OF ELEPHANT AND CASTLE COTTAGE, STONE HOUSE LANE
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
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.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
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.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- STONE ELEPHANT AND CASTLE IN GARDEN OF ELEPHANT AND CASTLE COTTAGE, STONE HOUSE LANE
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Cheshire East (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Peckforton
- National Grid Reference:
- SJ 53802 56590
Details
SJ 55 NW PECKFORTON STONE HOUSE LANE (West Side)
1/28 Stone elephant and castle in garden of Elephant and Castle Cottage.
II
Carving of elephant with Castle howdah, circa 1859, by John Watson, a local stonemason. Red sandstone, high standing, the elephant and its base carved from a single piece of stone and the three-tier castle from a second piece. The elephant stands on a large flat base and has a saddle with straps and tassels which forms the base for the castle. The castle has a gatehouse, surmounted by a turret with crenellations and arrow slots, which leads to a keep with matching corner turrets. The castle walls are marked with courses and there are arches over the windows, which contain glass.
Listing NGR: SJ5380256590
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 56867
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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