Katharine Maltwood's Grail Frieze in the garden at Chilton Priory is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 December 2015. A 1920s Monument. 9 related planning applications.
Katharine Maltwood's Grail Frieze in the garden at Chilton Priory
- WRENN ID
- solitary-joist-reed
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 December 2015
- Type
- Monument
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
An inscribed bas-relief with abstract linear patterns made by the sculptor Katharine Maltwood in the 1920s, set against the south garden wall at Chilton Priory.
The Grail Frieze is approximately 4m long, and constructed of large stone ashlar blocks. It has an irregular, stepped top, and is inscribed with the following quote from Sir William Dugdale’s Monasticum Anglicanum (1655):
"About sixty three years After the incarnation Of our Lord St Joseph Of Arimethea
Accompanied by Eleven Other disciples of St Philip was despatched By that apostle into
Britain to introduce The Meek and Gentle System of Christianity They settled in the Isle of Avalon Dugdale’s Monasticum"
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