One of two magnificent English Painswick stone late Regency Gothic chimneypieces designed by Foster & Okely in 1831 for The Priory, Abbots Leigh, Bristol. The present chimneypiece designed for the dining room (see attched original drawing) has crocketted and crenellated octagonal towers jambs, decorated with finely detailed gothic tracery inset panels, flanking a moulded arched interior. The spandrels are finely carved and deeply undercut with vine leaves and grapes.
For further information on the Bristol architects Foster & Okely see Howard Colvin 'A Biographical Dictionary of British Architects 1600-1840, 1955 pp. 372-73
See also Stock no. 3167
The Priory, Abbots Leigh, Bristol
1831
WIDTH
78 ¾ INCS
(200 CMS)
HEIGHT
62 ¼ INCS
(158 CMS)
DEPTH
10 INCS
(25.5 CMS)
INTERIOR WIDTH
42 ½ INCS
(107.5 CMS)
INTERIOR HEIGHT
40 ¼ INCS
(102 CMS)
3167
