Village Cross

VILLAGE CROSS, HIGH STREET

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Heritage Category:
Listed building
List Entry Number:
1236812
Date first listed:
24-Sept-1979
Statutory Address:
VILLAGE CROSS, HIGH STREET
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Official list entry

Heritage Category:
Listed building
List Entry Number:
1236812
Date first listed:
24-Sept-1979
Date of most recent amendment:
14-Nov-1994
Statutory Address 1:
VILLAGE CROSS, HIGH STREET

Location

Statutory Address:
VILLAGE CROSS, HIGH STREET

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

County:
Lincolnshire
District:
South Kesteven (District Authority)
Parish:
Harlaxton
National Grid Reference:
SK 88444 32661

Details

HARLAXTON SK8832 HIGH STREET 1315-0/14/201 Village Cross 24/09/79 (Formerly Listed as: THE GREEN Cross) GV II

Village Cross. C14 and early C19. Ashlar. Octagonal obelisk approx 2m high, set on C14 octagonal moulded pedestal and base of 2 steps. Possibly resited. This building is probably one of the architectural ornaments introduced to the village c1820-1840 by Gregory Gregory, Lord of the Manor of Harlaxton. (Rowlands G: Harlaxton Manor: Harlaxton: 1984-: 20-29; The Buildings of England: Pevsner N, Harris J & Antram N: Lincolnshire: London: 1964-1989: 362-363).

Listing NGR: SK8844432661

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383003
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Pevsner, N, Harris, J, Antram, N, The Buildings of England: Lincolnshire, (1989), 362-363
Rowlands, G, Harlaxton Manor, (1984), 20-29

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