Displaying objects from Priest's Room

Gothic Linen press - Cupboard - 15th c
A 15th century oak, Gothic Linen Press, Cupboard/Aumbry with plain central door, moulded side panels with elaborate iron hinges.

Bible box - Casket - 17th c
An oak Bible box, a plain front but nicely carved end panels. Two drawers in the interior. 17th Century

Coffer - Furniture - 16th c
A 16th century Oak Chest with a finely carved front. Showing late Gothic influence in the carved panels and entwined grapes in the top rail and stiles.

Candle holder - Candlestick - 18th c
An extending Candle holder in five sections.

Carved Model - Carving - 18th c
A carved oak model of a square tower with a mosque-type lantern top section surmounted by an onion dome.

Boxwood carving of Adam and Eve - Carving - 17th c
A Box wood Carving depicting the Temptation of Adam and Eve. The serpent with human head, coiled around a tree. 17th Century.

Horloge - Clock - 16th c
A late 16th/early 17th century German Table Clock with dials for the day of the week, and alarm, large subsidiary dial on the back depicting the days of the year and Saints Days. Two bells, one above the other on the top, enclosed in a pierced steel coronet.

Tapestry of Royal scene of patronage - Tapestry - 17th c
One fragment of tapestry woven with figures of King and a person holding a star. The background brocaded and with Gothic tracery.

Aumbrey - Cupboard - 15th c
A 15th century oak Cupboard/Aumbry, the upper door pierced with a cross, the lower with a panel of Gothic arches. The whole bound with iron straps. The aumbrey holds the oils used for baptism and the last rites.

Temptation of Adam - Painting - 16th c
Representations of Adam and Eve changed over time. Here we see Adam gazing at Eve, who in turn looks out at us, the viewer. Adam appears innocent, while Eve is more thoughtful, shown playing the role of sinful temptress. Adam and Eve are depicted prior to the moment of Adam’s temptation, but before the point of no return, as Eve, having plucked an apple for herself, also offers one to Adam. A premonition of the sense of shame to come is signified by the strategic placing of the bodies, which are, nonetheless, laying down, indicative of the act of union. Representations of the female nude in northern Europe tended to depict Eve as a slim, high breasted and full-stomached figure. The term nude has now become almost synonymous with ‘female nude’; this is because most artists and patrons have been men. During the Renaissance attention was initially paid to both male and female nudes representing biblical images such as the Temptation, Last Judgement, or the torments of hell. By the close of the 16th century, however, the emphasis was firmly upon the female and continued to be the case.Lucas Cranach the Elder (1472-1553), named after his birthplace of Kronach in southern Germany, was an important painter, engraver and book illustrator. He travelled widely throughout the German states as an itinerant painter. Later in his life he became a personal friend of Martin Luther, and many of his images promoted the Protestant cause. Cranach was a witness to Luther’s marriage to Katherine von Bora in 1525, and both men stood as god-fathers to children of the other. Both Cranach’s sons, Hans, and Lucas the Younger, continued his workshop and his work is thus hard to identity.

Travelling chest - Furniture - 17th c
A 17th century Travelling trunk in leather, studded with brass. A coronet and the date 1663 on the domed lid.

Embroidered gros needlepoint - Tapestry - 18th c
Three lengths of Gros point needlework of foliage on a purple background.

Wall Pannelling - Panel - 17th c
A section of early 17th century panelling, the upper part having an ornately carved design, the centre of linenfold, and the lower part quite plain.

Needlework bedcover - Furniture accessory - 17th c
A 17th century Needlework Bed Coverlet decorated with flowers and leaves.

Drop leaf corner table - Furniture - 18th c
An early 18th century oak Drop Leaf Corner Table with a small frieze drawer on turned legs with pad feet.

Horloge - Clock - 16th c
An Iron Gothic Clock, the bell supported by a Gothic crocket decorated framework, ornamental supports to the corners. 16th century.

Choir chair - Chair - 17th c
French Oak Choir Chair. Presented by Trustees. Circa 1680

Persian rug - Rug - 18th c
A Persian Rug