Standing Cross With Sundial in St Thomas Becket Churchyard
STANDING CROSS WITH SUNDIAL IN ST THOMAS BECKET CHURCHYARD, MARKET PLACE
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1334802
- Date first listed:
- 22-Sept-1978
- List Entry Name:
- Standing Cross With Sundial in St Thomas Becket Churchyard
- Statutory Address:
- STANDING CROSS WITH SUNDIAL IN ST THOMAS BECKET CHURCHYARD, MARKET PLACE
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- Date:
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- Reference:
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1334802
- Date first listed:
- 22-Sept-1978
- Date of most recent amendment:
- 12-Apr-1984
- List Entry Name:
- Standing Cross With Sundial in St Thomas Becket Churchyard
- Statutory Address 1:
- STANDING CROSS WITH SUNDIAL IN ST THOMAS BECKET CHURCHYARD, MARKET PLACE
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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:
- STANDING CROSS WITH SUNDIAL IN ST THOMAS BECKET CHURCHYARD, MARKET PLACE
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Derbyshire
- District:
- High Peak (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Chapel-en-le-Frith
- National Grid Reference:
- SK0575880808
Details
This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 21/07/2015
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TOWN OF CHAPEL-EN-LE-FRITH,
MARKET PLACE (North Side),
Standing cross with sundial in St Thomas Becket churchyard
(Formerly listed as Sundial in St Thomas' Churchyard.
Previously listed as Sundial in Churchyard of Church of St Thomas of Canterbury)
22.9.78
GV II
An early post-Conquest standing cross, probably C11. The cross head is missing, and has been replaced by an C18 or C19 sundial. Red standstone. Circular sandstone base. Rectangular, stepped and chamfered, stone pier, approximately 1.2m high. Square copper dial with scroll triangular indicator.
Listing NGR: SK0575880808
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 82019
- 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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