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Latitude: 52.9516 / 52°57'5"N
Longitude: -2.0323 / 2°1'56"W
OS Eastings: 397923
OS Northings: 339363
OS Grid: SJ979393
Mapcode National: GBR 26F.WJG
Mapcode Global: WHBD8.R2DJ
Plus Code: 9C4VXX29+M3
Entry Name: Churchyard Cross
Listing Date: 4 February 2016
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1431556
ID on this website: 101431556
Location: Cresswell, Staffordshire Moorlands, Staffordshire, ST11
County: Staffordshire
District: Staffordshire Moorlands
Civil Parish: Draycott in the Moors
Built-Up Area: Cresswell
Traditional County: Staffordshire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Staffordshire
Church of England Parish: Draycott-le-Moors St Margaret
Church of England Diocese: Lichfield
Tagged with: Churchyard cross
Churchyard cross, mid-C19, attributed to A W N Pugin.
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.
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.
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.
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