Cross in Churchyard About 11 Metres North of Tower, Church of St Mary the Virgin
CROSS IN CHURCHYARD ABOUT 11 METRES NORTH OF TOWER, CHURCH OF ST MARY THE VIRGIN
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1260314
- Date first listed:
- 19-Apr-1961
- List Entry Name:
- Cross in Churchyard About 11 Metres North of Tower, Church of St Mary the Virgin
- Statutory Address:
- CROSS IN CHURCHYARD ABOUT 11 METRES NORTH OF TOWER, CHURCH OF ST MARY THE VIRGIN
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- Date:
- 2001-06-30
- Reference:
- IOE01/10262/29
- Rights:
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1260314
- Date first listed:
- 19-Apr-1961
- List Entry Name:
- Cross in Churchyard About 11 Metres North of Tower, Church of St Mary the Virgin
- Statutory Address 1:
- CROSS IN CHURCHYARD ABOUT 11 METRES NORTH OF TOWER, CHURCH OF ST MARY THE VIRGIN
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:
- CROSS IN CHURCHYARD ABOUT 11 METRES NORTH OF TOWER, CHURCH OF ST MARY THE VIRGIN
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Somerset (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Stoke sub Hamdon
- National Grid Reference:
- ST 48402 17297
Details
ST4817 STOKE SUB HAMDON CP EAST STOKE (South side) 7/285 Cross in churchyard about 11 metres north of tower, Church of St. Mary the Virgin 19.4.61 GV II Churchyard cross. C13 top, base of 1911. Ham stone ashlar. Octagonal 2- step base, the lower about 2 metres across, then octagonal plinth chamfered on top edges, with inscription off south-east and east faces; tapering octagonal shaft with floriated ball top, on which is set the medieval cross, on one side having a carving of a seated Virgin Mary, on the other the crucifixion, with Mary and John; the ends have trefoiled arched viches with figures, one a mitred abbot. The cross head originally iron a roadside cross, the base of which has disappeared by the early C19, and found built into a garden wall; the base and shaft set up to commemorate Robert Chaffey, died 1911, and also the Coronation of King George V: possibly to the design of C.E. Ponting. (Pooley, Old Crosses of somerset, 1877).
Listing NGR: ST4840217297
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 440780
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Pooley, C, An Historical and Descriptive Account of the Old Stone Crosses of Somerset, (1877)
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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