Carved Pews
Carved Pews
Carved Pews
Carved Pews
Carved Pews
Carved Pews
Carved Pews
Carved Pews
Carved Pews
Carved Pews
Carved Pews
Carved Pews
Carved Pews
Carved Pews
Carved Pews
Carved Pews
Carved Pews
Carved Pews
Carved Pews
Carved Pews
Carved Pews
Carved Pews
Carved Pews
Carved Pews
Carved Pews
Carved Pews

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Seventeen pew ends carved to a standard overall pattern comprising a tall fleur de lys finial atop a pointed arch below which (except in two cases) a variety of male and female figures stand on a pedestal within an aedicule, flanked by pilasters at the top of each of which is a smaller figure, five of the pew ends also featuring a cartouche enclosing the initials 'V R'.
Title

Carved Pews

Date

15th C

Medium

wood

Accession number

PE34_RHT_CCT8

Work type

Sculpture

Owner

The Churches Conservation Trust

Custodian

The Churches Conservation Trust

Work status

extant

Listing status

Grade I (England and Wales)

Listing date

08/07/59

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Located at

Church of St Mary the Virgin, Church Road, Wiggenhall

PE34 3EJ