Memorial Cross 300 Metres East Of Light Birks Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Northumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 February 1985. Memorial cross.
Memorial Cross 300 Metres East Of Light Birks Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- heavy-sandstone-swallow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Northumberland
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 12 February 1985
- Type
- Memorial cross
- OS grid reference
- NY 844 632
- Coordinates
- 54.96358, -2.24428
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The memorial cross, located 300 metres east of Light Birks Farmhouse, dates from the late 19th century and is made of dressed stone. It features a Celtic-style wheel cross adorned with interlace and other decorative elements, along with the arms of Derwentwater on the shaft. The cross stands on a broad chamfered base that includes an inscription in a recessed panel. Above a square stone step, the inscription reads: "IN MEMORY OF JAMES AND CHARLES VISCOUNTS LANGLEY EARLS OF DERWENTWATER BEHEADED ON TOWER HILL 24 FEB 1716 AND 8 DEC 1746 FOR LOYALTY TO THEIR LAWFUL SOVEREIGN." This memorial was erected by Cadwallader Bates, a historian who restored Langley Castle in the 1890s.
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