EDO5024 - Observations during restoration works at Sherborne Abbey church 1849-1877
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Location
| Grid reference | ST 6380 1649 (point) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | ST61NW |
| Civil Parish | Sherborne; Dorset |
| Unitary Authority | Dorset |
Technique(s)
Organisation
Not recorded.
Date
1849-1877
Description
R H Carpenter and his father carried out restoration works at Sherborne Abbey church between 1849 and 1877. During this restoration work the south porch was demolished and rebuilt and the tower’s foundations were excavated. The nave and transepts were restored and the west window was lowered. It was during this work that remains of the Saxon church were revealed outside the west of the Abbey church (1).
J. H. P. Gibb suggests that R. H. Carpenter, the Abbey architect of the time, conducted excavations during 1875 in which he uncovered the foundations of a Saxon porch and tower at the west end of the Abbey Church (5).
Sources/Archives (6)
- <1> SDO10259 Article in serial: Carpenter, R H. 1877. On the Benedictine Abbey of S. Mary, Sherborne, with notes on the restoration of its church.
- <2> SDO16505 Serial: 1966. Journal of the Sherborne Historical Society. 111. 13.
- <3> SDO16503 Serial: Society of Antiquaries of London. 1968. The Antiquaries Journal 48. 48. 63, 82, 83.
- <4> SDO16504 Serial: Society of Antiquaries of London. 1969. The Antiquaries Journal 49. 49. 39.
- <5> SDO10267 Article in serial: Gibb, J H P. 1971. An interim report of excavations carried out at the west end of Sherborne Abbey in 1964 and 1965; Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society.
- <6> SDO16497 Digital archive: Historic England. NRHE Excavation Index. 651049.
Record last edited
Sep 9 2020 12:40PM