Survey Data
Reg No
15317068
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Artistic, Social
Original Use
Shrine/oratory/grotto
In Use As
Shrine/oratory/grotto
Date
1890 - 1910
Coordinates
219057, 238559
Date Recorded
19/08/2004
Date Updated
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Description
Freestanding Roman Catholic shrine, erected c.1900, depicting the Crucifixion and set in a random rubble walled enclosure. Date plaque to timber cross, dated ‘1900’. Rendered wall with decorative cast-iron railings over to road-frontage, running away to the north and the south. Cast-iron gate posts and gate to the east give access to site. Wrought-iron gate to the north. Located to the northwest end of the Newtown suburb, Moate, overlooking the Church of the Immaculate Conception (15317067) to the east.
Appraisal
An interesting addition to the streetscape to the northwest end of the Newtown suburb, which forms part of an a collection of Roman Catholic-related structures to the north of Moate along with the Church of the Immaculate Conception (15317067) and the Carmelite Monastery (15317066). This feature has a number of good quality decorative elements of some artistic merit, including the cast-iron gates and railings, the wrought-iron gate to the north and the religious statues/figures themselves, which address the ecclesiastical complex across the road. A plaque to the cross commemorates Pope Leo XIII (1810-1903) and is dated 1900.