St Leonards Cross Situated Approximately 22 Metres To South East Of Church Of St Leonard is a Grade II listed building in the Rotherham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 August 1985. Cross shaft.
St Leonards Cross Situated Approximately 22 Metres To South East Of Church Of St Leonard
- WRENN ID
- grim-plinth-ivory
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Rotherham
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 21 August 1985
- Type
- Cross shaft
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
SK49NE THRYBERGH DONCASTER ROAD (west side, off)
6/37 St. Leonard's Cross situated approximately 22 metres to south-east of Church of St. Leonard
GV II
Cross shaft. Probably late C12-early C13, resited C20. Magnesian limestone, now set in sandstone plinth. Approximately 1.3 metres high and 33cm by 24cm at the base. West face carved in relief has, at its base, a figure holding an open book beneath a pointed arch. Above, a crudely carved animal and the legs of another figure now truncated by the irregularly broken top. Rear: acanthus foliage to each side of a central shaft. Left return: ring twist with pellets. Right return: acanthus foliage in an irregular scroll.
P. F. Ryder, Saxon Churches in South Yorkshire, County Archaeology Monograph No 2, 1982, pp120-121.
Listing NGR: SK4672995474
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