Lantern Cross Approximately 7 Metres North West Of Church Of St Mawgan is a Grade II* listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 December 1991. A C15 Cross.
Lantern Cross Approximately 7 Metres North West Of Church Of St Mawgan
- WRENN ID
- woven-keep-torch
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 12 December 1991
- Type
- Cross
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The following building shall be added to the list:-
MAWGAN-IN-PYDAR ST MAWGAN SW 86 NE Lantern Cross approx. 7 1/10000 metres north west of Church of St Mawgan II* (Star) GV
Lantern Cross. C15. Granite. Canopied cross head set on a chamfered shaft and a slab. Four sides of head filled with figures. These depict Annunciation scene to north, Bishop to west, Trinity to South. Crocketted ogee arches to truncated gable heads, with filled dowel holes indicating the sites of lost pinnacles. A very fine surviving example of a Cornish lantern cross, said by Langdon to be "the best in Cornwall". A G Langdon, Old Cornish Crosses, Truro 1896, P426.
Listing NGR: SW8720965950
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