Cross 20 Metres to West of West Tower of Church of St Ildierna
CROSS 20 METRES TO WEST OF WEST TOWER OF CHURCH OF ST ILDIERNA
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1140763
- Date first listed:
- 26-Mar-1986
- List Entry Name:
- Cross 20 Metres to West of West Tower of Church of St Ildierna
- Statutory Address:
- CROSS 20 METRES TO WEST OF WEST TOWER OF CHURCH OF ST ILDIERNA
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1140763
- Date first listed:
- 26-Mar-1986
- List Entry Name:
- Cross 20 Metres to West of West Tower of Church of St Ildierna
- Statutory Address 1:
- CROSS 20 METRES TO WEST OF WEST TOWER OF CHURCH OF ST ILDIERNA
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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:
- CROSS 20 METRES TO WEST OF WEST TOWER OF CHURCH OF ST ILDIERNA
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Cornwall (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Polperro
- National Grid Reference:
- SX 17203 51592
Details
LANSALLOS LANSALLOS SX 15 SE
3/45 Cross 20m to west of west tower of - Church of St Ildierna
GV II Boundary cross, now resited churchyard cross. Medieval. Stone Latin cross with splayed arms with chamfered corners. Incised cross on both faces. Present height 0.8m and width 0.8m across cross head. Partly buried underground. Langdon describes the cross in 1896 when it was lying on the ground. He emphasised the unique shape and described it as the largest incised Latin cross at present discovered in Cornwall, giving dimensions 5' high, 8" deep, 2'6" width of cross head and 11" width of shaft. Original site SX 17061576. Sites and Monuments Register, Truro, Cornwall. Landgon, A.G. Old Cornish Crosses, 1896 pp 257-8.
Listing NGR: SX1728851648
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 61507
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Langdon, A G, Old Cornish Crosses, (1896), 257-8
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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