Henley in Arden Market cross
Only the steps and lower part of the upright pillar of this 15th century monument survive today, the capital had fallen off in 1894, the top half of the shaft was still there in 1960 however. It originally stood 22 feet high and it would have been nice to have made a full sized replica.
In 1997 I was given copies of a set of ancient drawings from the Gough map in the Bodleian library to copy the missing upper parts. On the 4 faces of the capital were niches, containing, 1. The Rood; 2. The Trinity; 3. St Peter with his key, the 4th; presumed to be Virgin with child which had crumbled away in medieval times so we discussed what it might have been so I could replicate it. The model had to be made out of scale regarding height as the heritage centre had very low ceilings
The model in my garden before delivery to Henley in 3 pieces.
A camera trick showing my young daughter appearing to lean on the shaft of the model although she is 15 feet away. The model is around 8ft high as I recall
My replicas of three of the niches, the photo I took of the 4th niche is now lost but visible on the model in the heritage centre. The engraving shows them to be in various stages of deterioration so I used artistic license to make it look similar
The missing niche, the Virgin with child