John de Sheppey Chantry reredos, c.1350
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Report on the assessment and treatment of the reredos stone from the chantry chapel of Bishop John de Sheppey, c.1340, by Carla Learoyd.
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Crucifix finial, 19th century
/Heritage Officer Jacob Scott traces a large stone crucifix featuring prominently in historic photos of the Lapidarium collection, now tentatively identified as the finial once adorning the apex of the South Quire Transept overlooking the High Street.
Read MoreSarsen stones
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Jacob Scott investigates five odd stones around the Precinct Gardens that were possibly amongst the earliest features of the site. Part of the physical and cultural landscape from before Roman occupation, Sarsen stones have been reused and reinterpreted for thousands of years and yet still hold many mysteries.
Read MoreShrines of Saint Paulinus and Ithamar, 14th century
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Fragments from an exceptional monument discovered in the ruins of ‘Gundulf Tower’ in 1922 possibly formed part of shrines of St Paulinus and Ithamar reconstruced by Bishop Hamo de Hythe in the fourteenth century.
Read MoreDwarf parapet wall, c.1490
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Archaelogist Graham Keevill reports on a small parapet now adorning a length of the Roman City Wall/South Cloister Garth originally situated atop the late 15th-century clerestory of the Presbytery.
Read MoreSheep relief, 14th century
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One of several elaborate sculptural fragments discovered in the North Quire Transept and possibly originating in John de Sheppey’s chantry chapel.
Read MoreSeated figure with scroll, 14th century
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One of several elaborate sculptural fragments discovered in the North Quire Transept and possibly originating in John de Sheppey’s chantry chapel.
Read MoreDiscovery of the John de Sheppey chantry, 14th century
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Several elaborate sculptural fragments discovered in the North Quire Transept are thought to have originated in John de Sheppey’s chantry chapel.
Read MorePiscina featuring bishops, 13th/14th century
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This elaborate piscina or lavabo bowl was used to dispose of water in the Mass. It was recently discovered reused as a garden feature at a local property in the Precinct.
Read MoreSomer tomb heralds, 15th century
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Ieva Stradina’s in-depth conservation report of one of five Somer family heralds reveals the story behind a tomb destroyed around the time of the English Civil War.
Read MoreChrist statuette, 19th century
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A battered plaster statuette of Christ bearing the crucifix would once have sat atop a tomb, although its provenance is currently unknown.
Read MoreShrine of Saint William of Perth, c.1201
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Two Caen stone fragments of an elaborate piece of sculpture in high relief may have originated from the shrine of St William of Perth.
Read MoreQuadripartite pig boss, 13th century
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Featuring a hog with an apple in its mouth, this quadripartite boss possibly originated in the cellarer’s range of the monastic priory.
Read MoreCayley family herald, 18th/19th century
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These arms belong to the Cayley family of Brompton Yorkshire, who were created baronets in 1661.
Read MoreBishop and Abbess label stops
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Featuring an unknown Bishop, this large label stop is one of a pair which for some time resided around the Cathedral Precinct. Its provenance is currently unknown.
Read MoreRelief of Saint Paulinus, c.1150
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A relief of a Romanesque bishop once adorning the West Facade possibly depicts St Paulinus.
Read MoreWest Facade arcades, c.1150
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Romanesque sculpture reused in the spandrels of the Great West Window removed during Cottingham’s 1820s restoration, together with the evidence from other resued fragments in the vicinity, make it possible to piece together the form of the upper portions of the Romanesque west facade.
Read MoreThe reliquary annex, c. 1100
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Three plastered tufa stones, one depicting the shoulders of a Bishop with a halo possibly originated from a small annex on the east of the building proposed to be a reliquary for the bones of these two saints.
Read MoreHistory of the Lapidarium
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Sculptural fragments revealed by excavations and works over the 19th century were the genesis of the Lapidarium collection today.
Read MoreAltar slab, 19th century
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A previously unrecorded thirteenth-century altar slab identified within a garden feature at King’s Orchard.
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