Percys Cross With Enclosing Wall And Railings is a Grade II* listed building in the Northumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 December 1969. Wayside cross.
Percys Cross With Enclosing Wall And Railings
- WRENN ID
- silver-postern-sorrel
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Northumberland
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 31 December 1969
- Type
- Wayside cross
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
HEDGELEY A 697 NU 01 SE (East side) 4/214 Percy's Cross, with enclosing wall 31.12.69 and railings II*
Wayside cross, later C15; C19 wall and railings. Sandstone, cast iron. Square socket stone carrying shaft with chamfered angles; each face bears relief carvings of crescents, fusils and lucies (pikes), with fetterlocks on the angle chamfers. Head missing; overall height c.3 metres. Enclosing dwarf wall with chamfered coping, carrying rails with barbed tops; similar gate on north.
The carved motifs are all Percy emblems; the cross commemorates Sir Ralph Percy, who fell leading the Lancastrian army at the battle of Hedgeley Moor, 23rd April 1464.
Listing NGR: NU0540619267
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