Canopied tomb in north aisle #StMaryRedcliffe Bristol for #FridaysFacesInStone
Small similar but not identical faces sit at the base of each pinnacle. Anyone know whether there is any significance to the symbol on the headwear?
Each of the unusual 'stellate' tombs in the Lady Chapel, and north and south chancel aisles (ambulatory) of #HolyTrinityBristol has head stops. Faces staring at us across 850 years, as alive to us now as they were then #FridaysFacesInStone
Doorway west of tower #HolyTrinityAbbotsLeigh #NorthSomerset for #FridaysFacesInStone
These head stops have fabulous facial expressions. They could be C15 originals but Mouse suspects they are C19 additions or replacements. The masonry certainly suggests they have been re-set
Pulpit angel #StGeorgeEastonInGordano #NorthSomerset for #FridaysFacesInStone
Mouse pretty sure that the sculptor was aiming for, well, angelic but ended up with a bit cross and judgmental or indeed looking for a fight
Head stops above C13 window. Both the quality of the carving and the facial appearance suggest that these faces are separated not just by the label but by several centuries #FridaysFacesInStone #StMaryPortbury #NorthSomerset
These are more likely than not original C12 carvings now #Spolia set into the north chancel wall. They would have been part of a corbel table external to a building. External because one or both of these represents the Devil #FridaysFacesInStone #StMaryPortbury #NorthSomerset
One of the carvings to the roll moulded label above the chancel #Sedilia. The faces look authentic and add to the supposition that the sedilia and piscina arrangement are C13 #FridaysFacesInStone #StMaryPortbury #NorthSomerset
Unidentified stone head corbel now decorating the base of one of the north aisle's piers. A bishop perhaps? Mitre been #StMaryPortbury #NorthSomerset #FridaysFacesInStone
The detail almost lost, this face has been added to the respond of the north aisle's eastern end. It's a curious feature as the south aisle has a full pier in this location #FridaysFacesInStone #StMaryPortbury #NorthSomerset
The church of #StMaryPortbury #NorthSomerset has an amazing array of faces staring back at us from the past: The original corbels of the south aisle feature a full cast of C13 and C14 characters and mythic beasts, the origin of this fine church #FridaysFacesInStone
The winner of #FridaysFacesInStone from the #ScamperDownTheSomersetCoast #HuttonToBrentKnoll leg #StMaryEastBrent. Probably authentic, although well preserved. Mouse can almost imagine the people these were based on
And finally from the #ScamperDownTheSomersetCoast #PortisheadToWestonSuperMare leg. Eternal repose. Perfect peace.
When you sleep, sleep well and tomorrow may you be grateful for another day....
#StAndrewClevedon #FridaysFacesInStone
Well. That's it Ladles and Jellyspoons. Late on Friday and Mouse going home to put her paws up and take a break from the demands of social media. Just for the weekend. She leave you with these enigmatic faces and an eerie silence...
#FridaysFacesInStone #StGeorgeDunster #Somerset
Arch to north chapel #StDecumanwatchet #Somerset for #FridaysFacesInStone
This poor angel has lost an arm, a wing and half of his eek and riah (for those fond of Round the Horne). He's down to a wing and a prayer....
Angels with dirty face?
The fabulous carved angels on the underside of the font basin, #StDecumanWatchet #Somerset
It's a Mouse #TwoFah one; #FontsOnFriday and #FridaysFacesInStone
"Now brethren, this is an expensive chest and by my recknin' right delicate too"
"So tha be careful settling im down lest thee incur wrath of t' Lord"
"You at back with yer 'and up. Why tha lookin' so guilty?"
Not a candidate for #FridaysFacesInStone #StDecumanWatchet #Somerset
They left me behind! This little fella (worry not, pronouns checked) has been left to 'look after the fort' both metaphorically and in reality. This corbel predates the castle by some way, so it's at least a second home for this #Spolia #RaglanCastle #Wales #FridaysFacesInStone
Left and right of west door #StMaryCannington #Somerset
Classic niche design. Croqueted #Ogee canopy with finials, pinnacles extend from piers and responds. Garden centre quality statues but nice to see the niches used. Not just #FridaysFacesInStone but #FridaysFiguresInStone
(Right) "Another five hundred years in this terrible weather..."
(Left) "I really can't face it"
What head stops really talk about when we're not listening (whinging mainly). West door #StMaryCannington #Somerset #FridaysFacesInStone
Just to record what is left...
Something must have happened to wipe the smiles off their faces. Label head stops to west door #AllSaintsOtterhampton #Somerset #FridaysFacesInStone
Are you awake? The faces of the head terminals on this cusped segmental arch canopy give close inspection to the incumbents
#StPeterHuntspill #Somerset for #FridaysFacesInStone
Care worn...
Mouse say it every time, but there is something deeply sad about these medieval faces eroding away. It's possible that no one knows what the once looked like
#FridaysFacesInStone from #StMichaelBrentKnoll #Somerset. Original and in-situ
Loss of face...
These are described as angels, but Mouse think they are seated figures. There seems to have been a (now) lost bottom section and although weathered were probably not the original stops #StMaryHutton #Somerset #FridaysFacesInStone
West door #StMartinWorle #Somerset
And finally from Mouse for the evening some of #FridaysFacesInStone. Mouse couldn't make her mind up if the one on the right is a later replacement. The face seems to look. Well. Victorian
Access to rood stair #StPaulKewstoke #Somerset
More #Ogee moulding than you could shake a mitre at. The provenance of the label is somewhat questionable (look at the joins) but it gives the impression that a green man is spewing it forth #FridaysFacesInStone
More disappearing #FridaysFacesInStone. 500 or so years can take toll on the complexion. West door #StLawrenceWick #Somerset
Perhaps if hoomans were the hunted and not the hunter these would be the kinds of trophy heads you would find on the walls...
Former corbels, perhaps C15, now #Spolia #StAndrewClevedon #Somerset #FridaysFacesInStone
