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Latitude: 53.1903 / 53°11'25"N
Longitude: -2.8916 / 2°53'29"W
OS Eastings: 340521
OS Northings: 366282
OS Grid: SJ405662
Mapcode National: GBR 7B.303D
Mapcode Global: WH88F.K27L
Plus Code: 9C5V54R5+48
Entry Name: Chester High Cross
Listing Date: 28 July 1955
Last Amended: 6 August 1998
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1376246
English Heritage Legacy ID: 470240
ID on this website: 101376246
Location: Chester, Cheshire West and Chester, Cheshire, CH1
County: Cheshire West and Chester
Electoral Ward/Division: Chester City
Parish: Non Civil Parish
Built-Up Area: Chester
Traditional County: Cheshire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Cheshire
Church of England Parish: Chester, St Peter
Church of England Diocese: Chester
Tagged with: High cross
CHESTER CITY (IM)
SJ4066SE EASTGATE STREET AND ROW
595-1/4/149 Chester High Cross
28/07/55
(Formerly Listed as:
The High Cross)
GV II
Cross. C14 origin but now in greater part modern. Red
sandstone. Hexagonal crown on 3 steps, plinth and shaft, all
octagonal. The steps, plinth and shaft are modern; the crown
is C14 and the moulded shaft-base is probably medieval. The
crown is badly weathered and capped by a more recent tapered
finial surmounted by a ball.
Each side of the crown had a niche of which 2 are weathered
away, formerly containing statuary. Demolished probably after
the surrender of Chester to the Parliamentarians in 1646,
fragments discovered early C19 were erected near the Newgate
in 1949, and restored to the Cross in 1975.
(Bartholomew City Guides: Harris B: Chester: Edinburgh: 1979-:
47-48).
Listing NGR: SJ4052266282
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