Volume 10: The West Midlands

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Current Display: Deerhurst (St Mary) 25, Gloucestershire Forward button Back button
Overview
Present Location
Capital on north side of chancel arch
Evidence for Discovery
As Deerhurst (St Mary) 24
Church Dedication
St Mary
Present Condition
Most of the western and southern faces have sheered away, removing the mouldings.
Description

Capital for northern three-quarter-round respond column of the chancel arch (see no. 24 for detailed description). The surviving surface of the stone is smoothed and there are traces of yellow paint, although it is not clear whether this was part of the original scheme.

Discussion

See Deerhurst St Mary 24.

Date
First half ninth century
References
Haigh 1846, 17; Butterworth 1862, 95; Strickland 1862; Brown 1925, 217, fig. 74c; Fisher 1962, 177; Taylor and Taylor 1965, I, 199; Taylor and Taylor 1966, 35; Verey 1970b, 168; Verey and Brooks 2002, 331; Gem et al. 2008, 132, figs. 3, 24, 44
Endnotes

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