The Corpus: Kirkby Stephen 08

Volume 2: Cumberland, Westmorland and Lancashire-North-of-the-Sands

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Current Display: Kirkby Stephen 08, Westmorland

Overview

Object type: Part of hogback

Measurements: L. 80.6 cm (31.75 in); W. 17.8 cm (7 in); D. 27.3 < 38.1 > 29.3 cm (10.75 < 15 > 11.5 in)

Stone type: Medium-grained, micaceous pale pink sandstone (Carboniferous)

Plate numbers in printed volume: 417 - 20

Corpus volume reference: Vol 2 p. 125

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Present Location

In church

Evidence for Discovery

First recorded in 1899 (Calverley 1899a, 221)

Church Dedication

St John

Present Condition

Worn and mortar adhering on face B; otherwise good

Description

Hogback, type i. A roll moulding marks the slightly curved ridge. On the steeply pitched roof are three rows of tegulation of type 7. Below the overhanging eaves the near-vertical walls are undecorated. The gable ends are vertical.

Discussion

The relatively short and tubby proportions of this undecorated stone can be paralleled at Ingleby Arncliffe and Lythe in Yorkshire (Collingwood 1909, 190; Schmidt 1970, fig. 10).

Date

Tenth century

References

Calverley 1899a, 221, fig. a on 220; Collingwood 1907b, 155; Collingwood 1926a, 3; Collingwood 1927a, 166–7; R.C.H.M. 1936, lxvi, 143; Pevsner 1967, 17; Schmidt 1973, 71, fig. 29c; Bailey 1974a, I, 302, II, 184, pls.; Bailey 1980, 98; Morris 1981b, 73, pl.; Lang 1984, 88, 114–15, pl. on 145

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