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Object type: Capital
Measurements: H. 20.3 cm (8 in); W. 13.4 > to 12 cm (5.3 > 4.7 in); D. 24.6 > 17.5 cm (9.7 > 6.9 in)
Stone type: Very pale orange (10YR 8/2), sparry matrix supported, very shelly oolite with many hollow ooliths. Ooliths 0.2 to 0.5 mm. Bedding parallel to the base of the capital and shell content increases in the top 4 cm to extremely shelly. Shell debris 3 to 20 mm. Some masses of recrystallised calcite 2–3 mm thick near the base of the capital. Possibly Taynton Limestone Formation, Great Oolite Group, Middle Jurassic.
Plate numbers in printed volume: Ill. 250
Corpus volume reference: Vol 10 p. 203
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Capital, cut back to a straight edge on both sides for reuse in pigeon house. The capital has the remains of a projecting moulding at one side along the top, but most of this moulding is now only defined by an inscribed line. The flat-faced, wider moulding along the bottom projects 1.6 cm (0.6 in) from the face. The face of the capital curves in slightly towards the bottom moulding. The front face is undecorated.
See Frocester Court 1. This capital is very similar in shape to no. 1, but lacks any decoration.
