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Summary

Parish church of holcombe burnell. Type b cross in the churchyard, s of the church, built into the coping of the front wall. A headless shaft, square at the base, with weathered spurs, above which it becomes octagonal and tapers upwards (cresswell). The low wall, into which the base of the shaft is built, is apparently the original churchyard wall, lowered when the churchyard was extended southwards (masson-phillips). Vis=4/5/1952(os) the shaft is 1.7m high, not in situ. Vis=20/10/1981 (os). The shaft is described as above. Vis=probably late medieval cross shaft, octagonal and tapering with broach stops at the base (doe).

Location

Protected Status

• Listed Building (II) 1215604: TWO WALLS AND A CROSS SHAFT ABOUT 9 METRES SOUTH OF THE CHURCH OF ST JOHN THE BAPTIST

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX89SE/1/1
• Old Listed Building Ref (II)

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• CROSS (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD (Between))

Full description

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV282043.

Cresswell, b. F. /tda/47(1915)189/churchyard and wayside crosses in the neighbourhood of exeter.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV282044.

Phillips, e. M. /tda/70(1938)329 pl.32 fig.12/the ancient stone crosses of devon, part 2.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV282045.

Osa=sx89se2/photograph.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV282046.

Doe/hhr:holcombe burnell/(4/9/1987)60.

Department of Environment, Untitled Source (Report - Survey). SDV326669.

Parish church of holcombe burnell. Type b cross in the churchyard, s of the church, built into the coping of the front wall. A headless shaft, square at the base, with weathered spurs, above which it becomes octagonal and tapers upwards (cresswell). The low wall, into which the base of the shaft is built, is apparently the original churchyard wall, lowered when the churchyard was extended southwards (masson-phillips). Vis=4/5/1952(os) the shaft is 1.7m high, not in situ. Vis=20/10/1981 (os). The shaft is described as above. Vis=probably late medieval cross shaft, octagonal and tapering with broach stops at the base (doe).

Watson, A., 2007-2017?, Devon Crosses, 222, (Vol 2), Sketch (Un-published). SDV360833.

Holcombe Burnell Churchyard SX859916
A headless cross shaft stands in the churchyard south of the church, built into the coping of a low wall. The shaft is square at the base, with weathered spurs above where it becomes octagonal and tapers upwards. The low wall, into which the base of the shaft is built, is the original churchyard wall, lowered when the churchyard was extended southwards.
Shaft height 1.04 metres, base 0.27 metres.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded

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