Description

ST1629 BISHOP´S LYDEARD CP CHURCH STREET (West side)

10/16 Cross in Churchyard, Church of St
Mary
(formerly listed as churchyard
cross)

25.2.55

GV II*

Cross C14 mid C19 addition. Red sandstone ashlar and Ham stone carved panels, about 6 metres high. Octagonal in plan,
3 steps with chamfered nosing and offsets at base, socket with oblong sunk panels enriched with figures, representing
the Apostles and scenes from the life Christ. Octagonal shaft with tripartite, trefoil headed sculptural niche
containing central figure reputed to be John the Baptist flanked by a monk and a bishop. The shaft is surmounted by a
mid C19 cross. The sculptural panels are an unusual feature and Pooley, Old Crosses of Somerset, 1877 describes it as
"an unrivalled example of Fourteenth Century work", (Photographs in NMR).

Listing NGR: ST1676129733

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q104639387

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Recommended Books

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  Worcestershire Revised Edition (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Cambridgeshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)
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  London 1: The City of London: City of London v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]
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  Setting up a Listed Building Heritage Partnership Agreement: Historic England Advice Note 5