Salisbury Cathedral - XI

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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:	Ivy leaves and berries
	Mood:	Pained, sorrowful

Description

Slightly damaged, this is still a very pleasing peeper, the second to be found on this impressive Victorian-Gothick monument to the Rev. Thomas Henry Hume (died 1834), designed by Hopper. Look for the monument against the west wall of the cathedral's south transept.

The melancholy face with a rather pained expression (as befits a mourner) is surrounded by what is clearly ivy leaves and berries. You will find it at the bottom of the monument, to the right of the main tablet. Another very pleasing 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.