Volume 13: Derbyshire and Staffordshire
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Current Display: Bakewell 04, Derbyshire
Overview
Object type: Part of shaft [1]
Measurements: H. 41 cm (16 in); W. 21 > 16.5 cm (18.3 > 6.5 in); D. 17.5 cm (7 in)
Stone type: Moderately sorted, fine- to medium-grained, light red (2.5YR 6/6) feldspathic sandstone. Kinderscout Grit or Ashover Grit, Millstone Grit Group, Carboniferous (R.T.)
Plate numbers in printed volume: Ill. 21
Corpus volume reference: Vol 13 p. 114-115
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National Grid Reference of Place of Discovery
SK 215685
Present Location
Built into interior east wall of south porch
Evidence for Discovery
See Bakewell 2.
Church Dedication
All Saints
Present Condition
The stone is badly damaged and broken; the decoration on A is incomplete but in reasonable condition
Description
A (broad): Decorated with a spiral plant-scroll, the scroll having one visible strand on the only complete element and two on what may be another (truncated) scroll element above. On the left-hand side is a strand which links the two scrolls, with a central horizontal bar between and separating them. At the bottom a central vertical strand descends to the broken edge of the stone. The centre of the complete scroll contains a round cluster of berries, possibly as a rosette. On the extreme left is a wide flat edge moulding.
B (narrow): Missing, the stone being broken away
C (broad) and D (narrow): Obscured and unattainable
Discussion
Probably part of a cross-shaft, this is similar to Bakewell 2, but no triangular leaf pattern is visible between the scrolls. Again, the scroll appears to be a simplified version of that found on Bakewell 1, especially that on 1B and are often regarded as later monuments.
Date
Tenth century
References
Routh 1937, 8, pl. III A; Routh 1937b, 8–9, pl. III A; Plunkett 1984, 290, 353, pl. 27.xiv; Sidebottom 1994, 148, 220 (Bakewell 2)
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Endnotes
[1] The following are general references to the Bakewell sculptures (other than Bakewell 1): (—) 1845b, 156; Plumptre 1847, 38, 39, 46; (—) 1852, 324; (—) 1855, 67; Hicklin and Wallis 1869, 60; Cox 1877a, 32, 36–7; Cox 1878, 37–8; (—) 1879b, 34; (—) 1885b, 502–3; Allen and Browne 1885, 355; Cox 1887, 37–8; Lynam 1895b, 157; (—) 1900, 89; Cox 1903a; Le Blanc Smith 1904a, 195; Firth 1905, 264; Arnold-Bemrose 1910, 107; (—) 1914a, 401–2; (—) 1914b, 36; Browne 1915, 219; Collingwood 1927, 136; Moncrieff 1927, 86; Tudor 1929, 91; Brown 1937, 94–5; Routh 1937a, 7–8; Routh 1937b, 8–9; Fisher 1959, 72; Thompson 1961, 218; Radford 1961a, 210; Butler 1964, 112; Taylor and Taylor 1965, I, 36; Cramp 1977, 192, 218–19; Pevsner and Williamson 1978, 71; Cramp 1985, 311; Craven and Stanley 1986, 27; Bailey 1990, 2; Jones 1993, 68; Leonard 1993, 48; Sidebottom 1994, 151; Bailey 1996, 11; Barnatt and Smith 1997, 57; Sidebottom 1999, 218; Elliott 2001–2; Sharpe 2002, 61; Hopkinson et al. 2004, 15; Blair 2005, 315, 342, 469–70; Bergius 2012, 189; Stocker and Everson 2015, 16; Ryder 2016, 13, 14, 16, 17
