Salisbury Cathedral - X

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	Type:	Peeper
	Location:	Cathedral of St Mary the Virgin
	OS GR:	SU 142295
	Period:	Nineteenth-century Gothic
	Medium:	Stone-carving
	Foliage:	Semi-trefoil
	Mood:	Solemn, staring

Description

This fine green man is one of two very fine peepers on this impressive Victorian-Gothick monument to the Rev. Thomas Henry Hume (died 1834), designed by Hopper. The monument itself is on the west wall of the south transept.

The green man seems to prefigure the art nouveau style with its androgynous, rather elfin face, peeping out from its frame of trefoil leaves. You will find it at the bottom of the monument, to the left of the main tablet. A very nice example of its type.

Also at Salisbury

Many more examples of the green man at the Cathedral and elsewhere
In the chapter house, a rare example of a triple head
In the nave, a fourteenth-century clock, restored in 1956, formerly in the (now demolished) bell-tower.

Design by Black Cat Folklore
Page created on 27 Dec 2008. Last updated on 27 Dec 2008.