2-713-164 - Historic England Archive/Heritage Images

Carved figure, Minster Church of St John, Beverley, East Riding of Yorkshire, c1955-c1980. Detail of a hoodmould stop carved in the form of a minstrel playing the bagpipes, situated on the north aisle blank arcade of the church. The image depicts the minstrel with the single bag tucked under his left arm, and both the right and left hands playing the chanter. Over the left shoulder is a drone pipe, and the player is blowing air into the blow pipe. The sculpture is situated on the north aisle wall, shown by the leaf carving on the outer ogee-shaped arch, and on the capital below the minstrel. To the right of the minstrel is a pier, suggesting that it is at the far right end of a bay.