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HER Number:MDV134409
Name:Bridge Cross Church, Burrington

Summary

Former church dating from the 1870s.

Location

Grid Reference:SS 660 174
Map Sheet:SS61NE
Admin AreaDevon
Civil ParishBurrington
DistrictNorth Devon
Ecclesiastical ParishBURRINGTON

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

  • CHURCH (Built, XIX - 1870 AD (Between) to 1879 AD (Between))

Full description

Ordnance Survey, 1880-1899, First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map (Cartographic). SDV336179.

Rectangular building marked as Church at Bridge Cross.

Parker, R.W. + Browne, L.M.S.F., 2019, Historic Building Assessment and Documentary History of Farm Buildings at Head Barton Farm, Chittlehamholt, Devon, 5 (Report - Assessment). SDV365470.

The mission church at Bridge Cross was built as a chapel of ease for Burrington in the 1870s. It is a prefabricated building with horizontal weatherboarding. It is no longer in ecclesiastical use and some of its furnishings including an altar and reredos are now in the parish church at Burrington.

Ordnance Survey, 2023, Mastermap 2023 (Cartographic). SDV365227.

Building shown on the A377 to the north of Riverside Garage.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV336179Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 1880-1899. First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map. First Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map. Map (Digital).
SDV365227Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 2023. Mastermap 2023. Ordnance Survey Digital Mapping. Digital.
SDV365470Report - Assessment: Parker, R.W. + Browne, L.M.S.F.. 2019. Historic Building Assessment and Documentary History of Farm Buildings at Head Barton Farm, Chittlehamholt, Devon. Richard Parker Historic Building Recording and Interpretation. 2019 .0 2. Digital. 5.

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded


Date Last Edited:Oct 27 2023 3:17PM