Cross In Churchyard Of Church Of St Mary is a Grade I listed building in the Shropshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 November 1954. A Medieval Cross.
Cross In Churchyard Of Church Of St Mary
- WRENN ID
- pitched-lead-torch
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- Shropshire
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 12 November 1954
- Type
- Cross
- Period
- Medieval
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
BITTERLEY
SO57NE Cross in churchyard of Church of St 482-1/6/75 Mary 12/11/54
GV I
Churchyard cross. C14. Ashlar. Cross shaft with tabernacle head set on stepped plinth. Plain tapered octagonal shaft with chamfer terminations set on square plinth with plain chamfered octagonal top edge, set on 4 simple hexagonal steps. 4 gabled niches capped with a finial form the tabernacle head, housing much eroded figurative sculptures. The head sits on raised ornamented band. The figures are the Crucifixion to the west and the Nativity to the east. Reputed to have been erected during the reign of Edward II. The best surviving churchyard cross in the county. (An Architectural Account of the Churches of Shropshire: Cranage D H S: 1895-).
Listing NGR: SO5708877293
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