The Great Cross and Railed Enclosure Bakewell, England
Listed Building Data
The Great Cross and Railed Enclosure has been designated a Grade I listed building in England with the following information, which has been imported from the National Heritage List for England. Please note that not all available data may be shown here, minor errors and/or formatting may have occurred during transcription, and some information may have become outdated since listing.
- List Entry ID
- 1316492
- Listing Type
- listed building
- Grade
- I
- Date Listed
- 13 January 1951
- Name
- THE GREAT CROSS AND RAILED ENCLOSURE
- Location
- THE GREAT CROSS AND RAILED ENCLOSURE, SOUTH CHURCH STREET
- Parish
- Bakewell
- District
- Derbyshire Dales
- County
- Derbyshire
- Grid Reference
- SK 21570 68465
- Easting
- 421570.0000
- Northing
- 368465.0000
Listed Building Description
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BAKEWELL
SK2168 SOUTH CHURCH STREET 831-1/4/169 (North side (off)) 13/03/51 The Great Cross and railed enclosure (Formerly Listed as: SOUTH CHURCH STREET (North side) The Great Cross (Churchyard Cross))
GV I
Cross shaft. Saxon, early C9; enclosure early C19. Gritstone; wrought-iron railings. Small railed enclosure set around deeply-chamfered socket stone to monolithic cross shaft with panelled head. The shaft is enriched with vine scrolls and bas-relief carvings of animals and humans thought to show a combination of Christian and pagan beliefs. Considered to have affinities with cross at Rothwell, Dumfries and Galloway. Railings: square rods with arrowhead finials, standards with vase finials. The cross is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, Derbyshire County Number 70.
Listing NGR: SK2157068465
