Monument record 1377 - Standing cross base near junction of Church Lane & Woodhouse Lane

Medieval preaching cross at the Warren (1). A cross comprised of two steps, a 'stepped' socket stone and fragment of shaft (2). Cross base for a medieval preaching cross at the junction of Church Lane & Woodhouse Lane, 600 NNW of New Hall Farm, in the centre of the original village of Gawsworth. Cross consists of plinth of dressed gritstone blocks rising to two steps surmounted by a gritstone block cut into 2 steps with a fragment of shaft pinned & cemented to top. Steps are square & are 2m wide x 0.17m high. 2nd step is 1.4m wide x 0.2m high. Base block is also square & is 0.9m wide x 0. 3m high rising to a step 0.64m wide x 0.24m high. Shaft fragment is squared in section & is 0.83m high. Stands in its original position beside the road junction on what is now a fenced triangular lawn known locally as the Pleasance. Set back 1.4m from the road edge, & is 0.5m above the present ground level (3).

<1> Ancient Monuments Society, Various, Transactions of the Ancient Monuments Society, NS 5/246 1957 Richards R (Journal/Periodical). SCH3287.

<2> Ordnance Survey, 1870-1982, Ordnance Survey Archaeological Record Card, SJ87SE2/1964 (Index). SCH2487.

<3> English Heritage, Various, Schedule Entry (Scheduled Ancient Monuments Amendment), 25707 (Scheduling Record). SCH2950.

<4> Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey Land Line and Master Map Vector Maps (Maps and Plans). SCH4491.