Fragment of fireplace
This is a fragment of a carved stone fireplace from the dining hall of the Vicars Choral, Exeter. The dining hall was refurbished in around 1519 by John Ryse, the Cathedral’s treasurer. It is decorated with the heraldic shields of past bishops - from left to right John Grandisson (mostly missing), Thomas Brantingham, Edmund Lacy and Hugh Oldham. That of Bishop Marshall has not survived.
The hall was almost completely destroyed in the Baedecker Blitz raids of 1942. The fireplace was salvaged and placed in RAMM and was conserved in 2019.
The hall was almost completely destroyed in the Baedecker Blitz raids of 1942. The fireplace was salvaged and placed in RAMM and was conserved in 2019.
Object Summary
- Accession Loan No.
- 45/2022
- Collection Class
- Architectural fragments
- Collection Area Region
- Northern Europe
- Material
- Beer stone | | | |
- Common Name
- fragment of fireplace
- Simple Name
- fireplace
- Period Classification
- Medieval (1200-1500); Post Medieval (1500-1750)
- Production Town
- Production Date
- 1519
- Production Person Initials
- John
- Production Person Surname
- Ryse
- Production Year Low
- Production Year High
