The Corpus: Billingham 06

Volume I: County Durham and Northumberland

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Current Display: Billingham 06, Durham

Overview

Object type: Incomplete cross-shaft [1]

Measurements: (after Stuart 1867); H. 81.3 cm (32 in); D. 17.75 cm (7 in)

Stone type: Unobtainable

Plate numbers in printed volume: Pl. 16.75

Corpus volume reference: Vol 1 p. 49-50

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Present Location

Lost or unidentifiable

Evidence for Discovery

First noted by Longstaffe (1858, 82) that carved stones built into walls of church tower. Most now very worn. Not all of those surviving drawn in Stuart (1867) and some which were drawn not now identifiable.

Church Dedication

St Cuthbert

Present Condition

Unknown

Description

Only one face is drawn by Stuart.

B (narrow): Continuous but changing interlace is enclosed in a broad roll moulding. At the top is a bold half pattern D, which skilfully changes below to a turned pattern D of a higher cord count.

Discussion

Pattern D is also used on the Durham stones 5-6, on the St Oswald's shaft (Durham 1), and pattern D elements are also common at Lindisfarne. Stuart's drawing tends to give the impression of a greater competence than actually seems possible.

Date

Uncertain

References

Stuart 1867, pl. cxi, 6; Allen and Browne 1885, 352; Adcock 1974, 336

Endnotes

1. The following are general references to the Billingham stones: Longstaffe 1858, 82; Hodges 1887-8a, 126; Hodges 1923-4c, 280; Fisher 1962, 50; Taylor 1978, 747.