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Object type: Window-head
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Corpus volume reference: Vol 10 p. 376
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Appendix B item (stones wrongly associated with pre-Conquest period)
Window-head, carved from oolitic limestone, presently in the vestry. Discovered during the restoration of 1884–5, possibly in the blocked arcade of a former north aisle (Chafy 1899–1900; Chafy 1901). The front face is decorated with interlaced tendrils that terminate in lobed shoots and leaves. The carving of the tendrils resembles Rous Lench 1 (p. 363, Ills. 652–4), but the elaborate buds and flowers are much more similar to twelfth-century carving. This stone may originally have been a rectangular panel, because the round head of the window opening seems to cut part of the decoration. The area in question, however, is heavily weathered and the relationship cannot be seen clearly. There are three more window-heads in the vestry (see nos. 3–5 below), all of similar size but with carved details that indicate that they clearly belong to the twelfth century. It is possible that Rous Lench 2 may be a little earlier than nos. 3–5, and that it was reused at the time when the other window-heads were newly cut.
