On offer: an original (i.e. not a later reproduction) 1904 print "Kingsbury", Somerset.
DATE PRINTED: 1904
SIZE: The printed area including titles is approximately 11.5 x 16 cm, 4.5 x 6.25 inches (medium) plus margins.
ARTIST/CARTOGRAPHER/ENGRAVER: Photogravure by Robert P. Brereton , M.A.
PROVENANCE: Published in "Some Church Towers of Somerset" by R. P. Brereton, published by Somerset Archaeological Journal.
TYPE: Antique photogravure printed on paper. Photogravure is a process where an image produced from a photographic negative is transferred to a metal plate and etched in.
VERSO: There is nothing printed on the reverse side, which is blank.
CONDITION: Good, suitable for framing. Please check the scan for any blemishes prior to making your purchase. Virtually all antiquarian maps and prints are subject to some normal aging due to use and time which is not significant unless otherwise stated. I offer a no questions asked return policy.
AUTHENTICITY: This is an authentic antique print, published at the date stated above. I do not offer reproductions. It is not a modern copy. The term 'original' when applied to a print means that it was printed at the first or original date of publication; it does not imply that the item is unique.
RETURNS POLICY: I offer a no questions returns policy. All I ask is that you pay return shipping and mail back to me in original condition.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION: Kingsbury Episcopi is a village and civil parish on the River Parrett in Somerset, England, situated 9 miles (14.5 km) north west of Yeovil in the South Somerset district. The Church of St Martin in Kingsbury Episcopi, Somerset, England dates from the 14th century. The church which stands on the site of an earlier Saxon church of which no trace remains, is dedicated to St Martin boasts an ornate Somerset Tower, 99 feet (30 m) tall, made of stone from nearby Ham Hill. There is a four bay aisled nave. Pevsner describes the chancel and chapels of the church as "gloriously lit" and advises visiting on a fine morning. He writes that the nave is older than the rest of the church, "no doubt of before 1400, and not yet infected with the later exuberance" of the Late Perpendicular style of the tower and other parts of St Martin's. Poyntz Wright suggests the 100 feet (30 m) high, west tower was built in 1515. The four stage tower is supported by buttresses and has bands of blank quatrefoils, and is surmounted by battlements with pinnacl
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