Base of Medieval Cross
BASE OF MEDIEVAL CROSS, OUT RISBYGATE
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1244801
- Date first listed:
- 12-Jul-1972
- List Entry Name:
- Base of Medieval Cross
- Statutory Address:
- BASE OF MEDIEVAL CROSS, OUT RISBYGATE
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- Reference:
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1244801
- Date first listed:
- 12-Jul-1972
- Date of most recent amendment:
- 30-Oct-1997
- List Entry Name:
- Base of Medieval Cross
- Statutory Address 1:
- BASE OF MEDIEVAL CROSS, OUT RISBYGATE
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:
- BASE OF MEDIEVAL CROSS, OUT RISBYGATE
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Suffolk
- District:
- West Suffolk (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Bury St. Edmunds
- National Grid Reference:
- TL 84420 64510
Details
BURY ST EDMUNDS
TL86 OUT RISBYGATE 639-1/13/512 (North side) 12/07/72 Base of Medieval Cross (Formerly Listed as: RISBYGATE STREET (West side) Base of Medieval cross approximately 25 feet from the corner of Chalk Road)
II
The base of a medieval stone cross, previously sited in Risbygate Street, now resited in the grounds of the West Suffolk College of Further Education (not included). C13/C14. An octagonal moulded stone base with a socket hole which probably formed the lower part of the Risbygate Cross. This stood originally in Out Risbygate near the medieval Hospital of St Peter. The base was later known as the plague stone, and the hollow was thought to be filled with vinegar for disinfecting money during epidemics. (Statham M: The Book of Bury St Edmunds: Buckingham: 1988-: 11).
Listing NGR: TL8442064510
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 467052
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Statham, M, The Book of Bury St Edmunds, (1988), 11
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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