Find Spot record 0003100001 - N WALL, LT HORWOOD CHURCH

Summary

Six successive wall paintings in the church dating from the thirteenth to the sixteenth centuries found in restoration

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  • WALL PAINTING (13th Century to 16th Century - 1200 AD to 1599 AD)

Description

WALL PAINTINGS ON N WALL OF NAVE, C15/C16 OVER C13 (B8).
PAINTINGS DISCOVERED 1889; SHOW SS NICHOLAS & CHRISTOPHER (B4).
CONSERVATION IN 1995 REVEALS EVIDENCE OF 5 OR 6 SUCCESSIVE PAINTED SCHEMES: EARLY C13, EARLY-MID C14, LATE C14, EARLY-MID C15, EARLY C16, AND POST-REFORMATION (DETAILS)(B9).

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  • <1>SBC7761 Bibliographic reference: LIPSCOMB 3 PP390.
  • <2>SBC14453 Bibliographic reference: SHEAHAN PP693.
  • <3>SBC13045 Bibliographic reference: RCHM BUCKS 2 PP175-6 (&ILLUS).
  • <4>SBC7091 Article in serial: 1892. KEYSER CE 1892 MURAL PAINTINGS RECENTLY DISCOVERED IN CHURCH--OF--LITTLE HORWOOD IN ARCHAEOLOGICALJO.
  • <5>SBC15756 Bibliographic reference: VCH BUCKS 3 PP377-8 (& ILLUS).
  • <6>SBC10385 Map: OS 1958 6IN (1.10560) MAP.
  • <7>SBC11723 Bibliographic reference: PEVSNER N 1960 BUCKINGHAMSHIRE P190.
  • <9>SBC810 Bibliographic reference: BALLANTYNE A 1995 THE CHURCH OF SAINT NICHOLAS, LITTLE HORWOOD, BUCKS (REPORT ON CONSERVATION OF T.

Location

Grid reference SP 79050 30840 (point)
Civil Parish LITTLE HORWOOD, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

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  • Event - Survey: (EBC13395)
  • Event - Survey: (EBC1340)
  • Event - Survey: Site visit (EBC13590)

Record last edited

May 16 2017 7:30PM

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