Travellers' Rest stone at Grappenhall is a Grade II listed building in the Warrington local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 March 2008. Monument.
Travellers' Rest stone at Grappenhall
- WRENN ID
- fallow-terrace-curlew
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Warrington
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 6 March 2008
- Type
- Monument
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Stone seat for travelling migrants, of 1859, designed by James Kendrick and donated by Thomas Lawton.
MATERIALS: red sandstone.
DESCRIPTION: standing in the grass verge between the edge of the road and the towpath of the canal.
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.
The upper step is inscribed on the north face, ‘TRAVELLERS’ REST.’ Below this is inscribed ‘GIVEN BY THOMAS LAWTON OF GRAPPENHALL./ 1859. The south face has diagonal tooling.
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