Baptistry Immediately North of Holy Well of St Credan

BAPTISTRY IMMEDIATELY NORTH OF HOLY WELL OF ST CREDAN

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Heritage Category:
Listed building
List Entry Number:
1158408
Date first listed:
15-Dec-1988
Statutory Address:
BAPTISTRY IMMEDIATELY NORTH OF HOLY WELL OF ST CREDAN

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Date:
2004-07-21
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Official list entry

Heritage Category:
Listed building
List Entry Number:
1158408
Date first listed:
15-Dec-1988
Statutory Address 1:
BAPTISTRY IMMEDIATELY NORTH OF HOLY WELL OF ST CREDAN

Location

Statutory Address:
BAPTISTRY IMMEDIATELY NORTH OF HOLY WELL OF ST CREDAN

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

District:
Cornwall (Unitary Authority)
Parish:
Sancreed
National Grid Reference:
SW4178429296

Details

SANCREED SANCREED SW 42 NW 5/302 Baptistry immediately north of Holy - Well of St Credan GV II Ruin of baptistry. Probably medieval. Granite moorstone and dressed granite. Rectangular plan with doorway towards the left of the front (south side). Partly built into the bank at the rear. Simple rubble walls survive in places to about 1. metre high. Lying by the former doorway is a monolithic chamfered round arched door-head. Scheduled Ancient Monument 640.

Listing NGR: SW4178429296

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