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Mercers' door
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Mercers' (Old North) Door. Removed 1869
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Moulded oak frame, gilt fillet beneath glass 404 × 300.This drawing is a reconstruction by Charles Hodges who relied on early images, discarded fragments of the doorway, and the memory of parishioners.
Signed bottom right: ‘Drawn from the Remains | by Charles C Hodges’
Mounted; Frame moulded wood gilt fillet; Spacer gilt beneath glass
HEXHAM ABBEY.
THE OLD NORTH DOOR
ERECTED BY THE MERCERS COMPANY
REMOVED 1869.
C C Hodges
c1900
A simpler version on p.13 of his 1888 monograph has “… Drawn from the Fragments Re- | maining and photos …”
2005: in the Treasury 13th April.
Pre-2015 in Parish Centre GF west under-stair cupboard
H 330 | W 220 | Frame H 403 | W 300
In storage
HAR: fn.8 p.49, Fig.34 p.50