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| CASSS Hexham 23 + 5 photos |
| Part of a carved stone lintel |
| lintel | stonework |
| sandstone |
| Stone 5 This stone is decorated with a pattern based on elaborately carved railing, and probably came from a lintel over a door in Wilfrid's church. Similar work can be found at the contemporary monastery at Jarrow and is also copied at nearby Simonburn. |
| Coarse-grained, massive yellow sandstone. Broken but unworn. The only carved face is surrounded by a flat-band moulding. Within the moulding is a row of balusters which are bellying in shape, splayed, and with a single moulding at the top and bottom. Roughly dressed. Or “baluster impost” [Kirby] |
| 7th cent? |
| First mentioned in 1925. Pre-October 2014 in N chancel aisle S side; previously on ledge [CASSS 1977] 2012: “Decorated stone, similar to that found at Jarrow.” [Hexham Abbey collection faculty document.pdf, §9] |
| H 140 | W 229 | D 101 [Kirby, 1974, p.176 no.24] |
| first (top) row |
| Visitor Centre/Mercers' Gallery/West Wall |
| Kirby 1974 Pl.XIVd |