Description

ST1436 CROWCOMBE CP
CROWCOMBE
16/53 Churchyard Cross, 2 metres South
of porch, Church of the Holy Ghost

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GV II*

Churchyard Cross. C14. Red sandstone, Ham stone shaft. Octagonal calvary of 3 steps, square socket with chamfered
corners and steep convex broaches; octagonal shaft with 3 bay crocketed niche on West front containing figures, much
eroded. Pooley identifies them thus: the larger central figure a bishop, St. John the Baptist left and the prioress of
the convent of Studeley, holders of the Manor of Crowcombe, right; and calls it 'an exceedingly rich example of
Fourteenth century work'. Scheduled Ancient Monument (Somerset County No 242). (Pooley, Old Crosses of Somerset, 1877;
photograph in NMR).

Listing NGR: ST1406936696

External Links

• Historic England Listing

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Recommended Books

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  Kent: West and the Weald: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  Gwent/Monmouthshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Wales)
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  Churches: An Architectural Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  This Old House: Restoring, Rehabilitating, and Renovating an Older House
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  Central Leinster: Kildare, Laois and Offaly (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)