Travellers' Rest stone at Swan Green is a Grade II listed building in the Warrington local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 March 2008. Seat.
Travellers' Rest stone at Swan Green
- WRENN ID
- woven-tower-ivy
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Warrington
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 6 March 2008
- Type
- Seat
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Stone seat for travelling migrants, dated 1860, designed by James Kendrick.
MATERIALS: red sandstone.
DESCRIPTION: standing on the grassed area in front of St Oswald’s Church, scene of the denouement of the Battle of Winwick (1648).
The stone has an overall length of 63 inches, a depth of 22 inches and an overall height of 16 inches. The stone is slightly domed in the centre to shed water, across a width of 39 inches; at either end it steps down by 6 inches, to a lower seat 12 inches wide, and 10 inches high. There is also a slight step in the plane of the north and south faces, where the stone steps up.
The south face is inscribed TRAVELLERS’ REST/ (illegible) LOOK TOWARDS THY SANCTUARY WHILST I AM HERE/ 1860. The north face is also inscribed with the same words and date, but is more worn. The upper face has some graffiti.
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