Churchyard Cross
St. Marys Roman Catholic Church, Cresswell Old Lane, Cresswell, Stoke-on-Trent, ST11 9RF
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1431556
- Date first listed:
- 04-Feb-2016
- List Entry Name:
- Churchyard Cross
- Statutory Address:
- St. Marys Roman Catholic Church, Cresswell Old Lane, Cresswell, Stoke-on-Trent, ST11 9RF
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1431556
- Date first listed:
- 04-Feb-2016
- List Entry Name:
- Churchyard Cross
- Statutory Address 1:
- St. Marys Roman Catholic Church, Cresswell Old Lane, Cresswell, Stoke-on-Trent, ST11 9RF
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:
- St. Marys Roman Catholic Church, Cresswell Old Lane, Cresswell, Stoke-on-Trent, ST11 9RF
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Staffordshire
- District:
- Staffordshire Moorlands (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Draycott in the Moors
- National Grid Reference:
- SJ9792339363
Summary
Churchyard cross, mid-C19, attributed to A W N Pugin.
Reasons for Designation
The cross 20m to the north-east of the Roman Catholic Church of St Mary is listed at Grade II for the following principal reasons:
* Architectural interest: a well-executed and well-carved churchyard structure;
* Architect: its design is attributed to the nationally-significant ecclesiastical architect, A W N Pugin;
* Group value: it forms a strong historic and visual relationship with the church and presbytery which are both listed at Grade II.
History
The Church Roman Catholic of St Mary was built in 1815-16 next to the existing priest’s house in Cresswell, an adapted C17 house (Grade II), and is believed to have replaced an earlier church of 1791 on the same site. It was built by the Reverend Thomas Baddeley at a cost of approximately £800, funded by Lady Mary Stourton. The cross in the adjacent cemetery was erected in the mid-C19 and has been attributed to the architect Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin.
Details
Churchyard cross, mid-C19, attributed to A W N Pugin.
MATERIALS: ashlar, probably sandstone.
DESCRIPTION: a tall stone octagonal shaft with a foliage capital supporting a wheel-head cross with foliate terminals. The plinth is also octagonal with broach stops, and is raised on two steps.
Sources
Books and journals
Pevsner, N, The Buildings of England: Staffordshire, (1974), 110
Websites
Churchyard crosses, accessed 16 Novemvber 2015 from http://www.puginfoundation.org/churchyardcrosses/
Other
The Architectural History Practice Limited: Churches in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Birmingham: An Architectural and Historical Review Prepared for English Heritage and the Archdiocese of Birmingham (2015)
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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