Cross About 1 Metre West of Lych Gate of Church of St Morwenna
CROSS ABOUT 1 METRE WEST OF LYCH GATE OF CHURCH OF ST MORWENNA
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1231460
- Date first listed:
- 29-Sept-1961
- List Entry Name:
- Cross About 1 Metre West of Lych Gate of Church of St Morwenna
- Statutory Address:
- CROSS ABOUT 1 METRE WEST OF LYCH GATE OF CHURCH OF ST MORWENNA
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1231460
- Date first listed:
- 29-Sept-1961
- List Entry Name:
- Cross About 1 Metre West of Lych Gate of Church of St Morwenna
- Statutory Address 1:
- CROSS ABOUT 1 METRE WEST OF LYCH GATE OF CHURCH OF ST MORWENNA
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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 ABOUT 1 METRE WEST OF LYCH GATE OF CHURCH OF ST MORWENNA
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Cornwall (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Morwenstow
- National Grid Reference:
- SS2055015273
Details
SS 21 NW MORWENSTOW MORWENSTOW
1/106 Cross about 1 metre west of 29.9.61 lych gate of Church of St Morwenna GV II
Cross. Celtic. Granite. About 50 centimetres of cross shaft and alisee patee cross carved with circles in relief on each arm and in centre. The truncated shaft stands on 3 granite steps. The reverend R S Hawker (q.v. church'and vicarage) is said to have brought the cross to Morwenstow in 1851 from the moor, where it may have been a pilgrim cross, to commemorate his first wife, Charlotte (q.v. church). The shaft is carved with the initials C E H. The cross is illustrated in the Hawker memorial window in the church.
Listing NGR: SS2055015273
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 64913
- 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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