Monument record MLI60411 - Anglo-Saxon carved stones re-used in the wall of Sleaford Girls' High School
Summary
Anglo-Saxon carved stones re-used in the wall of Sleaford Girls' High School
Type and Period (1)
- ARCHITECTURAL FRAGMENT (Early Medieval/Dark Age - 950 AD to 1025 AD)
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Full Description
PRN 60411
[Note - this record includes information from duplicate record PRN 64698, now deleted.]
The present Girls' High School (PRN 64697) in Jermyn Street was designed by Charles Kirk for himself before 1850. Built into a wall are two fragments of interlace, probably 11th century, acquired by Kirk in the course of his church restorations. The original provenance of the stones is thus unknown. Measuring 18' by 14' the fragments have an interlaced design, similar to but larger than that on the fragments at Kirkby La Thorpe. They may possibly be from a cross shaft? {1}{2}{3}{4}
Built into a wall of the High School are two pre-Conquest fragments of interlace, probably 11th century. {5}
These are probably two pieces of the same carved grave-cover which is of mid 10th-early 11th century date and of typical mid-Kesteven type. {6}
Sources/Archives (6)
- <1> SLI2726 Index: Ordnance Survey. Sleaford O.S. cards. SLEAFORD. TF 04 NE: 29.
- <2> SLI3265 Index: Sleaford SMR cards. SLEAFORD. TF 04 NE: BG; CU.
- <3> SLI1062 Bibliographic Reference: Nikolaus Pevsner and John Harris, with Nicholas Antram. 1989. Buildings of England: Lincolnshire (Second Edition). 2nd Rev Edn p655.
- <4> SLI307 Article in Serial: D.S. Davies and A.W. Clapham. 1926. 'Pre-Conquest Carved Stones in Lincolnshire' in the Archaeological Journal. VOL 33 (2nd Series) p18.
- <5> SLI9678 Index: Department of the Environment. 1974. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. Sleaford. 1/156; 402.204.
- <6> SLI5526 Bibliographic Reference: Paul Everson and David Stocker. 1999. Corpus of Anglo-Saxon Stone Sculpture. Lincolnshire. pp 246-47; illus 332-3.
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Location
| Grid reference | TF 0679 4555 (point) |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | SLEAFORD, NORTH KESTEVEN, LINCOLNSHIRE |
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Record last edited
Mar 21 2021 8:35PM
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