Corpus of Anglo-Saxon Stone Sculpture
Durham University, 2019. (updated 2020)
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Hexham 27, Northumberland
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Object Type | Part of baluster impost or frieze [1] | Measurements | H. 14 cm (5.5 in); W. 33.7 cm (13.25 in); D. Built in | Stone Type | Sandstone | Plate Numbers In Printed Volume | 995 | Corpus Volume Reference | 188 |
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Hexham 27A (Plate no. 995) Corpus of Anglo-Saxon Stone Sculpture, University of Durham |
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| National Grid Reference of Place of Discovery | ||
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| NY935641 | ||
| Latitude | ||
| 54.971474 | ||
| Longitude | ||
| -2.103069 | ||
| Diocese | ||
| Newcastle | ||
| Present Location | ||
| Built into west wall of modern nave of abbey | ||
| Evidence for Discovery | ||
| Found during restoration between 1899 and 1908 | ||
| Church Dedication | ||
| St Andrew | ||
| Present Condition | ||
| Broken and slightly worn | ||
| Date | ||
| Last quarter of seventh century | ||
| Earliest Date | ||
| 675 | ||
| Latest Date | ||
| 700 | ||
| Geological Period | ||
| Unspecified | ||
| Description | ||
| Only one face is visible. A (long): Edged by a flat-band moulding and decorated with `post and rail'. On the left a single baluster turns the corner. It is divided from the next baluster by five straight horizontal `rails'. Then there is a group of five `rails' and either three or four balusters. All the balusters are shown as straight cylinders without flared caps and bases. | ||
| Discussion | ||
| Although of the same height as the rest and using the same formula of groups of three and single balusters as found on 25, and straight `rails' as on 26, the shape of the balusters is different. Balustrade ornament of this straight cylinder type is also known from Jarrow (nos. 26-7 and 32). At Jarrow the straight cylinder and the Roman type of baluster occur separately and together. It therefore seems as though this is a contemporary use at Hexham (Introduction, p. 25). | ||
| References | ||
| Savage and Hodges 1907, 41, pl. 40A; Hodges and Gibson 1919, 65; Collingwood 1925, 69, fig. 3H; Collingwood 1927, 27, fig. 33H; Taylor and Taylor 1961, 117; Fisher 1962, 70; Taylor and Taylor 1965, 303; Taylor and Taylor 1966, 45; Cramp 1974, 117-18, 176, pl. 14C; Taylor 1978, 1058 | ||
| Endnotes | ||
| 1. The following are general references to the Hexham stones: (—) 1855-7a, 45-6; Rowe 1877, 62-3; Allen 1889, 230; Bailey 1980, 79, 81, 83. | ||
| Subjects | ||
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| Monument Form: Architectural | ||
| Monument Type: Baluster, Frieze | ||
| Monument Period (MIDAS term): Early Medieval | ||
| Horizon: Pre 920 | ||
