Foundations of St Bertelin's Chapel Immediately West of Church of St Mary
FOUNDATIONS OF ST BERTELIN'S CHAPEL IMMEDIATELY WEST OF CHURCH OF ST MARY, ST MARY'S GATE
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1195366
- Date first listed:
- 17-Dec-1971
- List Entry Name:
- Foundations of St Bertelin's Chapel Immediately West of Church of St Mary
- Statutory Address:
- FOUNDATIONS OF ST BERTELIN'S CHAPEL IMMEDIATELY WEST OF CHURCH OF ST MARY, ST MARY'S GATE
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1195366
- Date first listed:
- 17-Dec-1971
- List Entry Name:
- Foundations of St Bertelin's Chapel Immediately West of Church of St Mary
- Statutory Address 1:
- FOUNDATIONS OF ST BERTELIN'S CHAPEL IMMEDIATELY WEST OF CHURCH OF ST MARY, ST MARY'S GATE
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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.
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:
- FOUNDATIONS OF ST BERTELIN'S CHAPEL IMMEDIATELY WEST OF CHURCH OF ST MARY, ST MARY'S GATE
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Staffordshire
- District:
- Stafford (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Non Civil Parish
- National Grid Reference:
- SJ 92100 23185
Details
STAFFORD
SJ9223SW ST MARY'S GATE 590-1/10/85 (West side) 17/12/71 Foundations of St Bertelin's Chapel immediately west of Church of St Mary
GV II
Foundations of shrine chapel. C11 with much later Medieval rebuilding; demolished 1801; excavated 1954. Ground plan laid out in dressed stone indicating small nave and narrower chancel; former entrance to church of St Mary blocked To the centre a replica of a ?cross found during excavation of an earlier wooden structure on the site. St Bertelin was an C8 hermit, claimed as the founder of Stafford, whose shrine was a place of pilgrimage throughout the Middle Ages. (Victoria County History of Staffordshire: Greenslade MW: A History of Stafford (taken from VCH): London: 1979-: 238, 241-2; Fisher MJ M.A. Rev: A Guide to St Mary's: Stafford: 17, 20).
Listing NGR: SJ9209823184
Legacy
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- Legacy System number:
- 384036
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Fisher, M J, Guide to St Marys Stafford, (), 17, 20
Page, W, The Victoria History of the County of Stafford, (1979), 238
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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