2013

SX4387 : Carved roof timbers - St John's Church

taken 11 years ago, near to Stowford, Devon, England

Carved roof  timbers - St John's Church
Carved roof timbers - St John's Church
Entering the church by the south porch, the original wood timbers with a roof boss covering one of the main joints are believed to date from the 15th or 16th century. SX4387 : St John the Baptist, Stowford SX4387 : Bench end - St. John the Baptist

Harry Hems' Exeter based firm was involved in the restoration of the church in 1874 under the overall supervision of the architect Sir George Scot. Earlier, Hems had made a practice of travelling around Devon to visit churches to make plaster castings of medieval wood carvings to use as a guide or template for his specialism of restoring old, damaged or missing medieval wood carvings. When the firm finally closed in 1937, Hems collection of over 400 items was acquired by the Royal Albert Memorial Museum in Exeter and a selection from that collection is on display at the museum.
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SX4387, 14 images   (more nearby 🔍)
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Colin Vosper   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Tuesday, 5 March, 2013   (more nearby)
Submitted
Thursday, 7 March, 2013
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SX 4327 8701 [10m precision]
WGS84: 50:39.6969N 4:13.1342W
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OSGB36: geotagged! SX 4327 8701
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