Cross in Churchyard of Church of St Mary
CROSS IN CHURCHYARD OF CHURCH OF ST MARY
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed building
- List Entry Number:
- 1383653
- Date first listed:
- 12-Nov-1954
- Statutory Address:
- CROSS IN CHURCHYARD OF CHURCH OF ST MARY
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- Reference:
- IOE01/14792/08
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed building
- List Entry Number:
- 1383653
- Date first listed:
- 12-Nov-1954
- Statutory Address 1:
- CROSS IN CHURCHYARD OF CHURCH OF ST MARY
Location
- Statutory Address:
- CROSS IN CHURCHYARD OF CHURCH OF ST MARY
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Shropshire (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Bitterley
- National Grid Reference:
- SO 57087 77296
Details
BITTERLEY
SO57NE Cross in churchyard of Church of St
482-1/6/75 Mary
12/11/54
GV I
Churchyard cross. C14. Ashlar. Cross shaft with tabernacle
head set on stepped plinth. Plain tapered octagonal shaft with
chamfer terminations set on square plinth with plain chamfered
octagonal top edge, set on 4 simple hexagonal steps. 4 gabled
niches capped with a finial form the tabernacle head, housing
much eroded figurative sculptures. The head sits on raised
ornamented band. The figures are the Crucifixion to the west
and the Nativity to the east.
Reputed to have been erected during the reign of Edward II.
The best surviving churchyard cross in the county.
(An Architectural Account of the Churches of Shropshire:
Cranage D H S: 1895-).
Listing NGR: SO5708877293
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 484085
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Cranage, DHS, An Architectural Account of the Churches of Shropshire, (1908)
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