Churchyard Cross in Churchyard, 3 Metres South of Chancel, Church of All Saints
CHURCHYARD CROSS IN CHURCHYARD, 3 METRES SOUTH OF CHANCEL, CHURCH OF ALL SAINTS, FRONT STREET
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed building
- List Entry Number:
- 1345633
- Date first listed:
- 21-Dec-1984
- Statutory Address:
- CHURCHYARD CROSS IN CHURCHYARD, 3 METRES SOUTH OF CHANCEL, CHURCH OF ALL SAINTS, FRONT STREET
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed building
- List Entry Number:
- 1345633
- Date first listed:
- 21-Dec-1984
- Statutory Address 1:
- CHURCHYARD CROSS IN CHURCHYARD, 3 METRES SOUTH OF CHANCEL, CHURCH OF ALL SAINTS, FRONT STREET
Location
- Statutory Address:
- CHURCHYARD CROSS IN CHURCHYARD, 3 METRES SOUTH OF CHANCEL, CHURCH OF ALL SAINTS, FRONT STREET
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Somerset (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Monksilver
- National Park:
- Exmoor
- National Grid Reference:
- ST0728837425
Details
ST03NE MONKSILVER CP FRONT STREET (West side)
5/18 Churchyard Cross in churchyard, 3
metres South of Chancel,Church of
All Saints
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GV II
Churchyard cross. Dated 1863. By J Seymour of Taunton. Conglomerate sandstone and red sandstone. 2 stage square calvary
of red sandstone, square plinth with broaches and 4 figures representing the Evangelists, octagonal tapering shaft
surmounted by Celtic cross with ornamented abacus. Inscribed on West front to William Francis Chilcott, died 1863, and
Alison his wife. Inscription on East front illegible, name of Mason in North-West corner, J Seymour of Taunton. W F
Chilcott was vicar of the Church of All Saints (qv), 1843-63. A lively example of a mid-Victorian churchyard cross.
Pooley, Old Crosses of Somerset, 1877 refers to it appreciatively and to the remains of the C14 cross that it
replaced.
Listing NGR: ST0728837425
Legacy
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- Legacy System number:
- 264775
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Pooley, C, An Historical and Descriptive Account of the Old Stone Crosses of Somerset, (1877)
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