St Oswald's Church, Ashbourne, Derbyshire (after P.Bainbridge)
R. L. Wright (1797 - 1832)
Category
Art / Prints
Date
Unknown
Materials
ink & paper
Measurements
230 x 280 mm
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Calke Abbey, Derbyshire
NT 286126
Summary
Print, engraving, St Oswald's Church, Ashbourne, Derbyshire (after P.Bainbridge) by R. L. Wright (fl.late 18th century /early 19th century). A small engraving of Ashbourn Church. Drawn by P. Bainbridge, engraved by R.L. Wright. The church is shown with an avenue of trees to the right, figures and gravestones in front. The church is named after Oswald of Northumbria (c.604-1642). It was dedicated on 24 April 1241 by Hugh de Pateshull, Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield. Architecturally, it dominates the small town with its 212-foot spire which is said to have been started in 1240. Construction probably lasted until the early 14th century. It replaced an earlier Saxon church, and possibly a second Norman one. From 1837 to 1840, the church was restored by Lewis Nockalls Cottingham and then in the 1870s by George Gilbert Scott, who added the battlements to the chancel.
Marks and inscriptions
ASHBOURN CHURCH (printed with production information under image)
Makers and roles
R. L. Wright (1797 - 1832), engraver (printmaker) P. Bainbridge, artist