Croston/ulnes Walton Boundary Stone
CROSTON/ULNES WALTON BOUNDARY STONE, SOUTHPORT ROAD
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1392340
- Date first listed:
- 19-Dec-2007
- List Entry Name:
- Croston/ulnes Walton Boundary Stone
- Statutory Address:
- CROSTON/ULNES WALTON BOUNDARY STONE, SOUTHPORT ROAD
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1392340
- Date first listed:
- 19-Dec-2007
- List Entry Name:
- Croston/ulnes Walton Boundary Stone
- Statutory Address 1:
- CROSTON/ULNES WALTON BOUNDARY STONE, SOUTHPORT ROAD
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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:
- CROSTON/ULNES WALTON BOUNDARY STONE, SOUTHPORT ROAD
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Lancashire
- District:
- Chorley (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Ulnes Walton
- National Grid Reference:
- SD 50407 18897
Reasons for Designation
* It is a boundary stone of probable early to mid-C19 date * It remains in its original location marking the boundary between the parishes of Croston and Ulnes Walton * Despite erosion of some of the original inscriptions the boundary stone still clearly depicts the parish names.
Details
CROSTON
1837/0/10016 SOUTHPORT ROAD 19-DEC-07 Croston/Ulnes Walton boundary stone
II A boundary stone of probable early to mid-C19 date.
MATERIALS: Sandstone.
PLAN: Triangular with a rounded top.
EXTERIOR: A carved boundary stone made of dressed sandstone painted white with black lettering. It measures 0.7m high by 0.6m wide and is 0.25m thick. Its two chamfered side faces each have a narrow carved horizontal central panel which would have depicted the now illegible parish names. Modern upper case painted lettering now depicts CROSTON on the left face and ULNES WALTON on the right face. The rounded upper part of the stone has the word BOUNDARY inscribed in upper case immediately beneath a centrally inscribed Ordnance Survey bench mark.
HISTORY: The date that this boundary stone was erected is unknown. It is depicted in its current location on the Ordnance Survey First Edition map of 1894 and is similarly depicted on the later OS maps of 1910 and 1928.
SOURCES: English Heritage, 'Street Furniture and the Public Realm Selection Guide' 2.0, (2007)
REASONS FOR DESIGNATION: The Croston/Ulnes Walton boundary stone is designated at Grade II for the following principal reasons: * It is a boundary stone of probable early to mid-C19 date * It remains in its original location marking the boundary between the parishes of Croston and Ulnes Walton * Despite erosion of some of the original inscriptions the boundary stone still clearly depicts the parish names.
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 504060
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Street furniture selection guide, (2007)
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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