Local Sculptures and Carvings

The village sign

 

The bressumer beam

 on Falcons Hall - one of the oldest farmhouses in the village

 

Pargetting of St Peters Church

one of many 50cm panels of village scenes pargetted in 1986

view more of the panels here...

 

        

The Goldhanger War Memorial

with St Peter carved under a canopy at the front

zoom in on the war memorial...  as it was in 1920  and...  as it is today

 

The Eppner Gravestone

dated 1934 with both art nouveau and art deco influences

 

   

Stone carvings at the south door of the Church

there are four of these carvings in the door arches

each contains a small newt like creature at the top left corner

 

Four carved stone window frame decorations

on the outside of the North windows of St Peters Church

 said to represent the winged beasts of the revelation

Stone carving in the Chancel

Possibly a 14th century carving of a man and angel

 with ivy leaves and a newt like creature at the lower left side

the carving could be a representation of "Tobias & the Angel"

 

  

  

Corbels, or roof supports, in the nave

the four kings and queens

 

Wood carving in the Lady Chapel

the back of the sculpture is engraved with:

“Burma Teak Crawshay Frost 1953”

 

                 

                  The Pulpit                                                               The Font

                   built of oak in the late 19th century                                       possibly built in the 16th century

 

The Lectern Eagle

said to be made by village carpenter Jacob Ardley in the 19th century

Ernie Johnson bell ringers trophy

During restoration work on the bell tower in 1951 the oak from the old frame was used to made domestic items and were sold to raise funds for the project. Ernie, a keen bellringer, purchased a bell-shaped table lamp, which was probably made by Bernard Mann. After his death in 1984 it was modified by Bob Leavett to become a memorial to Ernie and a trophy which is still used the Essex Bellringing Association.

 

Wooden panel from the original Tudor built Beckingham Hall

now held in the Victoria & Albert  Museum in London

enlarge and zoom in on the panel

 

Parqueted panel now in a domestic setting

this 6x3ft panel was moved from a stately home that was being demolished in the 1960s

 

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