Bill Sargent

Hare Pargetted Panels

Style:

Boxing Hares
Leaping Hare
Jaunty Hare

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A collection of hare pargetted panels, hand crafted by legendary, third generation pargetter, Bill Sargent.

We commission an ongoing collection of panels to introduce customers to this endangered heritage craft. The panels are a part of our Heritage Crafts Collection.

Pargetting is a decorative craft, now on the Heritage Crafts Endangered List, which uses lime plaster modelled directly onto walls using fingers and spatulas. The craft is mainly associated with East Anglia and particularly Suffolk and Essex.

The panels are made specifically to be hung on interior or exterior walls, with immediate effect. We are also taking commissions for larger pieces in situ - please call or visit us in Woodbridge, Suffolk.

Pargetting is believed to have been introduced to England in the sixteenth century by Henry VIII who imported Italian plasterers to decorate Nonsuch Palace. The craft was referred to as ‘stucco’ in Italy, but became known as ‘pargeting’ in England. Either patterns were stamped or scratched into the surface of wet plaster, and the most skilled pargeters created their own designs which they then modelled directly onto the wall using their fingers and a spatula to create designs in high or low relief. While the craft is mainly associated with East Anglia and particularly Suffolk and Essex, historically it was much more widely employed.*

* Historic detail with thank you to Heritage Crafts

Plaster with a lime wash.
The panels can be retouched with lime wash paint as and when needed.

Approximate Dimensions:

Boxing Hares

Width: 40cm, Height: 60cm, Depth: 4cm

Leaping Hare

Width: 61cm, Height: 40cm, Depth: 4cm

Jaunty Hare

Width: 30cm, Height: 34cm, Depth: 3cm

We aim to make ordering from us as straightforward as possible.

Once your online transaction has been completed your order will be confirmed by email within 24 hours. If your order is placed on a Friday, or over the weekend, your item will be shipped within 3 days from the Monday. Orders are posted Wednesday to Saturday.

Using Royal Mail our shipping rates are calculated based on the estimated weight and size of the items.

You have the option of First Class Delivery (which cannot be tracked), or Tracked delivery ( to enable you to track your package through all stages of the delivery process)

UK CUSTOMERS

Please allow 3-5 working days for delivery in the UK. In most cases it will be less.

INTERNATIONAL CUSTOMERS

We do ship outside of the UK and are delighted to do so, but we ask you to email, susanna@themerchantstable.co.uk, so we may give you an accurate shipping cost to your destination.

Any customs or import duties are charged once the parcel reaches its destination country. These charges must be paid by the recipient of the parcel. Unfortunately, we have no control over these charges, and cannot tell you what the cost would be, as customs policies and import duties vary widely from country to country.

DUTIES

We recommend contacting your local customs office for current charges before you order, so you are not surprised by charges you were not expecting.

Please be aware that your parcel can be also delayed by customs and subsequent charges can be applied. We have no control over this, and cannot supply any details why or for how long your parcel will be delayed.

If you wish to return a purchase please notify us at susanna@themerchantstable.co.uk

If you are unhappy with our products in any way, they can be returned provided they are in saleable condition.

If you wish to return your item and receive a full refund items need to posted/couriered back to us within 7 days of being received by you.

Please note refunds to Debit/Credit Cards normally clear in 1/2 days after receipt of the returned goods.

Returns received outside the above time frame will not be accepted. For all returns you will be required to arrange and pay for the return of the products to us.

We will only accept returns provided the goods are received by us in the condition they were in when delivered to you.

ADDRESS FOR ALL RETURNS & EXCHANGES

Please returns items to:

The Merchant’s Table
10 Church Street
Woodbridge
Suffolk IP12 1DH

The Maker

Bill Sargent

Bill Sargent is a third generation pargetter and among the highest regarded pargetters (also spelt 'pargeter') in the country. His work can be seen in Suffolk, Essex, Kent and Norfolk and covers most areas of traditional plastering and pargetting. Bill began plastering in the mid-sixties, doing a formal apprenticeship and studying at Hertfordshire College of Building. After College, Bill worked with his father, continuing the tradition of conservation plasterwork and pargetting begun by his grandfather in 1926, throughout the Anglia region.

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