Shepway Cross
SHEPWAY CROSS, ALDINGTON ROAD, LYMPNE, CT21 4PN
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1251489
- Date first listed:
- 11-Oct-1990
- List Entry Name:
- Shepway Cross
- Statutory Address:
- SHEPWAY CROSS, ALDINGTON ROAD, LYMPNE, CT21 4PN
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1251489
- Date first listed:
- 11-Oct-1990
- List Entry Name:
- Shepway Cross
- Statutory Address 1:
- SHEPWAY CROSS, ALDINGTON ROAD, LYMPNE, CT21 4PN
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:
- SHEPWAY CROSS, ALDINGTON ROAD, LYMPNE, CT21 4PN
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Kent
- District:
- Folkestone and Hythe (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Lympne
- National Grid Reference:
- TR 12539 34993
Details
This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 01/11/2017
TR 13 SW
6/131
LYMPNE
ALDINGTON ROAD
SHEPWAY CROSS
(Formerly listed as SHEPWAY CROSS, HYTHE)
II
The asset was previously listed twice, also under the parish of Lympne as List entry 1239963. This entry was removed from the List on 06/03/2015.
War Memorial. Erected in 1923, dedicated to the bravery of the men of the Cinque Ports. Perpendicular style. Ashlar Cross set on four step octagonal base. Octagonal tapering shaft surmounted by crucifix with Christ flanked by the Virgin Mary and Apostle John on one side and Virgin and Child on the other. Chamfered octagonal base with four shields of towns of the Cinque Ports. The monument is surrounded by a low stone rubble wall with angled corners. Foundation stone laid by William 7th Earl Beauchamp and Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports and Admiral in 1923. The cross was a gift from the Earl Beauchamp on land donated by the owner of Lympne Castle.
Listing NGR: TR1253934993
This List entry has been amended to add sources for War Memorials Online and the War Memorials Register. These sources were not used in the compilation of this List entry but are added here as a guide for further reading, 24 July 2017.
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 175192
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Websites
War Memorials Online, accessed 30/11/2016 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/125616
War Memorials Register, accessed 24 July 2017 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/72542
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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