The Corpus: Chester-le-Street 04

Volume I: County Durham and Northumberland

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Current Display: Chester-le-Street 04, Durham

Overview

Object type: Incomplete cross-shaft reused as doorjamb [1]

Measurements: H.66 cm (26 in); W. (max.) 28 cm (11 in) D. (max.) 19 cm (7.5 in)

Stone type: Coarse-grained, massive yellow sandstone

Plate numbers in printed volume: Pls. 22.112-113, 23.116-117

Corpus volume reference: Vol 1 p. 55-56

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Present Location

Upper room of Anchorage, Chester-le-Street

Evidence for Discovery

Possibly one of those found before 1868. See no. 1.

Church Dedication

St Mary and St Cuthbert

Present Condition

Worn

Description

A (broad): A flat-band moulding encloses a panel of three registers of simple pattern E. The strands are median-incised. The pattern is enclosed at the base by a horizontal band; below this the face seems to have been left blank intentionally.

B (narrow): Rough, reused, chiselled.

C (broad): Reused, dressed smooth.

D (narrow): Rebated and reused.

Discussion

The panel of simple pattern E and the blank shaft below recall the organization of shafts at Lindisfarne. Stylistically it is closely linked with 6.

Date

Tenth century

References

Hodges 1905, 222-3; Adcock 1974, 313, no. 6; Bailey 1980, 195

Endnotes

1. The following are general references to the Chester-le-Street stones: (—) 1869-79a, i; (—) 1880-9a, v; Hodgkin 1882-4; Jackson, 1933-4, 343.