Travellers' Rest stone at Red Bank is a Grade II listed building in the Warrington local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 August 2023. Monument.

Travellers' Rest stone at Red Bank

WRENN ID
sheer-latch-tide
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Warrington
Country
England
Date first listed
7 August 2023
Type
Monument
Source
Historic England listing

Description

Stone seat for travelling migrants, of 1862, designed by James Kendrick.

MATERIALS: red sandstone.

DESCRIPTION: standing in the verge on the east side of the A49, close to the scene of the initial action 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.

The east face has vertical tooling. The west face retains the lower portion of its ‘Travellers’ Rest’ inscription to the top step. Below this it is inscribed, ‘(illegible) NFESSED THAT THEY WERE STRANGERS (illegible)/ PILGRIMS ON THE EARTH. The upper face has modern inscribed graffiti.

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