Hearse House in St Peter's Churchyard
HEARSE HOUSE IN ST PETER'S CHURCHYARD, THE VILLAGE
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1221897
- Date first listed:
- 06-Jul-1984
- List Entry Name:
- Hearse House in St Peter's Churchyard
- Statutory Address:
- HEARSE HOUSE IN ST PETER'S CHURCHYARD, THE VILLAGE
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1221897
- Date first listed:
- 06-Jul-1984
- List Entry Name:
- Hearse House in St Peter's Churchyard
- Statutory Address 1:
- HEARSE HOUSE IN ST PETER'S CHURCHYARD, THE VILLAGE
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:
- HEARSE HOUSE IN ST PETER'S CHURCHYARD, THE VILLAGE
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Cheshire East (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Prestbury
- National Grid Reference:
- SJ9003976897
Details
SJ 97 NW PRESTBURY C.P. THE VILLAGE
(East Side)
6/220 Hearse House in St.
Peter's Churchyard
GV II
Hearse House: dated 1852. English garden wall bond orange brick.
Kerridge stone-slate roof and stone ridge. Rectangular plan.
1-storey, 2-bay east front. Left end bay has a stone plaque reading
"THE GROUND WITHIN THIS WALL WAS ADDED TO THE CHURCHYARD AND
CONSECRATED A.D. MDCCCLVI. REV.H.PEARSON LLB VICAR" and with the names
of the churchwardens and committee.
The right bay has a 2-centred brick arch containing a heavy door
divided into vertical panels. Right end has a further plaque reading
"Robert Wright, William Bullock, William Barker, George Godwin. Church
Wardens 1852".
This must have replaced the building mentioned in the lychgate
inscription. = =
Listed for group value only.
Listing NGR: SJ9003976897
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 413840
- 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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