Description

SK 24 SW PARISH OF BRAILSFORD CHURCH LANE
5/2
Churchyard Cross
GV II

Churchyard cross. C10 or earlier. Sandstone shaft, set on a modern base, the
original base stands on a stone slab to the side. The original base is square in
plan and much weathered. Modern square base with inscriptions recording that the
shaft was found beneath the original base in 1919 and was erected on the new base
in that year. Incomplete tapering shaft, circular turning to a square, reminiscent
of more famous northern examples, such as the Gosforth Cross in Cumbria. Deeply
carved with figure scenes and interlace.

Listing NGR: SK2449741262

External Links

• Historic England Listing

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Recommended Books

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  England's Post-War Listed Buildings
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  London 4: North: North v. 4 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The Victorian House Manual (2nd Edition): How They Were Built, Improvements & Refurbishment, Solutions to All Common Defects - Includes Relevant ... ... Properties (Haynes Manual) (Haynes Manuals)
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  Cumbria: Cumberland, Westmorland and Furness (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)