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Listed Building: WAYSIDE SHRINE (1221410)

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Grade II
Authority Historic England
Volume/Map/Item 139, 2, 10003
Date assigned 08 January 1993
Date last amended

Description

Wayside shrine. Late C19. Of coursed squared rubble gritstone, with a stone slated roof covering, lead apex apron, and a cross finial. Small circular building rising from plain plinth. Single doorway, without joinery, with plain pegged frame, below sturdy timber lintel. Simple breather lancet to right of entry. Conical roof structure, with stone slates oversailing the wall head to discharge water. Interior. Decorative tile panel set against wall comprised of twelve tiles, painted to depict St Joseph and the infant Jesus, the tiled panel is set in a plain stone frame. The panel is surrounded by a stone tablet inscribed with letters, and the date 1889. The shrine is said to have been erected to the memory of a spanish governess resident at Errwood Hall, which lies to the south of this site. Listing NGR: SK0023675908

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Location

Grid reference SK 0023 7590 (point)
Map sheet SK07NW
Civil Parish HARTINGTON UPPER QUARTER, HIGH PEAK, DERBYSHIRE

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Nov 9 2023 2:06PM

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