Percy House Gallery

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    Website of Percy House Gallery. As well as details of the gallery and it's artists, the Website includes a section on the History of the building and photographs of the Tudor plasterwork and old wood panelling. "....Percy House was first thought to have been built in 1598 by Henry Percy, the 9th Earl of Northumberland, as a home for the Percy bailiff. In one of the rooms upstairs is a carved plaster ceiling with the date 1598. The centre of the ceiling bears a Tudor rose and lover’s knot with the initials AM. Also depicted are various hunting animals and birds. Above the fireplace are the arms of the Earl surrounded by a garter with the Percy motto ‘Esperance en Dieu’ (Hope in God). However a study of tree rings by English Heritage researchers has shown the building to be far earlier. Percy House now dated from 14th Century. Tests carried out on the roof timbers reveal the earliest dating of Percy House timbers to be 1390. In medieval times, timbers were used “green” and not seasoned, therefore it is possible, using tree ring dating techniques to establish the age the tree was felled ..."
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    Percy House Gallery
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  • Further information

    Link: http://www.percyhouse.co.uk/
    Resource type: Text/Website
    Added by: Simon Cotterill
    Last modified: 1 year, 1 month ago
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