Black and white

Acc.no: PEZPH : 2016.50.1026

Identification

Item: Cross in the wall of Paul Churchyard, Paul, Cornwall.

Description: This wayside cross and its base stone were discovered c.1878 buried in the hedge on the road to Mousehole. By 1896, the cross had been re-erected at its present site. The cross has as upright granite shaft and a round or 'wheel' head set in a square base, measuring 1.35m in overall height. The head is 0.54m in diameter and 0.19m thick. Each principal face of the head bears a relief Latin cross measuring 0.73m high and 0.43m across the limbs. The upper limbs have slightly splayed ends, while the lower limb gradually tapers as it extends beyond the head down the centre of the shaft. The rectangular-section shaft measures 0.38m high from the base of the neck and is 0.39m wide and 0.19m thick. The shaft is undecorated apart from the extended lower limb of the head's relief cross forming a raised midline along most of the shaft on each main face. The shaft is cemented into the centre of a large square granite base stone with weathered, dressed faces and measuring 0.84m long by 0.85m wide and 0.43m high. This base stone is located on two adjoining granite slabs forming a plinth measuring 1.05m east-west by 1.19m north-south and projecting up to 0.36 beyond the south face of the base stone. Source: Internet based research.

Condition: Good

Description

Material: Photographic paper

Production

Method: Printed

Category: Photography

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