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
Source: Historic England listing

Description

NY 86 SW HAYDON A686 (East side)

9/28 Memorial Cross 300 metres east of Light Birks Farmhouse II

Memorial cross, late C19. Dressed stone. Celtic-style wheel cross with interlace and other ornaments, arms of Derwentwater on shaft. Broad chamfered base with inscription in recessed panel. Square stone step. 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 Erected by Cadwallader Bates, the historian, who restored Langley Castle in the 1890's.

Listing NGR: NY8445863243

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