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Object type: Architectural
Measurements:
Doorway:
H. 263 cm (103.5 in); W. 74 > 72 cm (29 > 28.5 in); D. 38 > 31 cm (15 > 12 in)
Arch:
H. (above springing line) c. 88 cm (34 in); H. (of voussoirs) 44 cm (17 in); W. (outer) 142 cm (56 in)
West impost
H. 17 > 15 cm (6.5 > 6 in); W. 36 cm (14 in); D. 38 cm (15 in)
East impost:
H. 18 cm (7 in); W. c. 40 cm (16 in); D. 38 cm (15 in)
Stone type: [Not seen]
Plate numbers in printed volume: Pl. 463-7
Corpus volume reference: Vol 7 p. 220-1
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On the south face of the doorway, the arch, which is markedly horseshoe in shape, is outlined by a hood-moulding of square section. This terminates on each side in shaped stones which could be animal heads with dotted eyes, pointed laid-back ears and squared-off muzzles.
The chamfered imposts below are each composed of a single block, but divided at the chamfer and base by narrow grooved mouldings.
Taylor and Taylor described the end stones of the hood-moulding as giving the 'impression of being much-weathered animal heads, similar to those at Deerhurst, but smaller and simpler' (1965, I, 390). Baldwin Brown, who considered the arch, apparently did not see these end stones as animal-headed (1925, 466), but more recently Richard Bailey has also compared them with the Deerhurst label stops (Bailey 2005, 5, pls. 1–2).
