Sculthorpe / Sculetorpa / Sculthorp

Results: 18 records

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BBU: animal - mammal - lion - head - 4

Scene Description: one at each upper corner, holding the running braid in its mouth

Image Source: detail of a photograph taken 31 July 1985 by Timothy Marlow

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (letter of 26 October 2013)

New Testament - Childhood and youth of Christ - three Wise Men - adoration of the kings - Joseph, Madonna and Child

Scene Description: each figure, except the Madonna-and-Child pair, in a separate arch

Image Source: BSI - Photographed July 1998

design element - architectural - arcade - round arches - intersecting arches

Scene Description: on the east side of the basin, housing Joseph, Mary and the Adoration of the Magi

Image Source: BSI - Photographed July 1998

design element - motifs - braid

Scene Description: all around the upper rim side, held by the beast heads at the corners

Image Source: detail of a photograph taken 31 July 1985 by Timothy Marlow

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (letter of 26 October 2013)

design element - motifs - floral - 6-petal - in a circle

Scene Description: on the north side of the basin

Image Source: BSI - Photographed July 1998

design element - motifs - interlace - linked circles

Scene Description: with a row of smaller circles below; on the west side of the basin

Image Source: BSI - Photographed July 1998

design element - motifs - quatrefoil - crossed by a circle between the eyes

Scene Description: on the north side of the basin

Image Source: BSI - Photographed July 1998

design element - patterns - interlace

Scene Description: several patterns, with foliage rings on the lower part; on the north side of the basin

Image Source: BSI - Photographed July 1998

view of basin - east side

Image Source: B&W photograph in Bond (1908)

Copyright Instructions: PD

view of basin - northwest side

Image Source: BSI - Photographed July 1998

view of basin - south side

Image Source: B&W photograph in Bond (1908)

Copyright Instructions: PD

view of basin - west side

Image Source: B&W photograph in Bond (1908)

Copyright Instructions: PD

view of church exterior

Image Source: BSI - Photographed July 1998

view of church exterior - south view

Image Source: B&W photograph taken 8 May 1993 by George Plunkett [www.georgeplunkett.co.uk/Norfolk/S/Sculthorpe All Saints church south side [6965] 1993-05-08.jpg] [accessed 30 July 2013]

Copyright Instructions: Standing permission by Jonathan Plunkett

view of font - south side

Image Source: BSI - Photographed July 1998

view of font - southeast side

Image Source: B&W photograph in Cautley (1949: 129)

Copyright Instructions: Standing permission received from the publisher

view of font and cover - southeast side

Image Source: photograph taken 31 July 1985 by Timothy Marlow

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (letter of 26 October 2013)

view of font cover

Scene Description: the modern cover

Image Source: detail of a photograph taken 31 July 1985 by Timothy Marlow

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (letter of 26 October 2013)

INFORMATION

FontID: 00108SCU

Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Mary and All Saints

Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin & All Saints

Church Location: Creake Rd, Sculthorpe, Norfolk NR21 9NJ, UK

Country Name: England

Location: Norfolk, East Anglia

Directions to Site: Located on the A148, just NW of Fakenham, 40 km WNW of Norwich

Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Norwich

Historical Region: Hundred of Gallow [in Domesday]

Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the W end of the N aisle

Century and Period: 12th century [basin only], Medieval [composite]

Cognate Fonts: Similar in general design, but not identical, to the fonts at Toftrees and Preston; also some similarities with the fonts at Fincham and Breckles

Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Jonathan Plunkett for the photograph of this church taken by his father, George Plunkett, 8 May 1993; we are also grateful to Timothy Marlow for his photographs of this font

Font Notes: Click to view font notes

There are two entries for Sculthorpe [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [http://domesdaymap.co.uk/place/TF8931/sculthorpe/] [accessed 17 February 2015], one of which, in the lordship and tenancy of William of Warenne in 1086, mentions two churches and church lands in it. Blomefield (1805-1810) reports the entry under 'Sculetorpa' for "a church endowed with 40 acres" in the Domesday survey of 1086, notes: "The Church is dedicated to St. Mary or All-Saints", and names Henry de Dunton as first recorded rector, "about the reign of King John" [i.e., 1199-1216]. The baptismal font here is noted in Paley (1844) as perhaps one of a few fonts on which the salamander appears: "this creature typifies Baptism 'with the Holy Ghost and with Fire'" although, Paley adds, they are "usually represented on fonts as a lizard or a serpent-like animal." Speltz (1994) cites V. Rupricht-Robert's "Architecture normande du XI et XII siècle en Normandie et en Angleterre" as source. Described and ilustrated in Bond (1908) as a 12th century Norman font with a square bowl mounted on one central and four corner shafts; very elaborate interlacing with different patterns ornaments each of three sides; the fourth side of the bowl, on the east side, has the Adoration of the Magi, the three Magi standing in arches to the left, Mary with Child in the next and Joseph in the extreme right arch; even this side has intricate interlacing in it; the "X" pattern of the bottom band is similar to that of the Fincham font; dragons or salamanders appear on the sides as well. Described and illustrated in Cautley (1949). Described in Pevsner & Wilson (1999), who note the re-cutting of the Magi scene, and state that "the five legs are by Jekyll" [NB: actually 'Jeckyll', Thomas Jeckyll, Victorian architect and designer (1827-1881]. On-site notes: five columns, not the original base [cf. supra], support the limestone square basin; on the east side of the basin, Joseph is shown in the far arch to the right, then moving right to left, is the Madonna and Child, followed by the three Magi [cf. supra], each kneeling on one knee and carrying their gifts; four faces of beasts are carved on the top rim, one at each corner, holding in their teeth the braid that adorns the rim side; the ornamental motifs are beautiful and very well rendered. The basin well is lined with lead and has a central drainage hole. Repaired stone with replacements around the rim indicates damage consistent with earlier lid hardware. [NB: Clapham (1934) mentions an Adoration of the Magi scene at 'Scunthorpe", obviousle meaning 'Sculthorpe']. Noted and illustrated in Knott (2006). Modern wooden font cover, a sleek stylised version of the traditional Jacobean model.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 52.847651, 0.812591

Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 52° 50′ 51.55″ N, 0° 48′ 45.33″ E

UTM: 31U 352696 5857565

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, type unknown

Font Shape: square (mounted)

Basin Interior Shape: round

Basin Exterior Shape: square

Drainage Notes: lead-lined

Rim Thickness: 5-6 cm to 16-18 cm (inner most rim)

Diameter (inside rim): 55 cm

Basin Depth: 35 cm

Height of Basin Side: 44 cm

Basin Total Height: 47 cm

Height of Base: 57 cm (including plinth on which cols rest)

Font Height (less Plinth): 103 cm

Font Height (with Plinth): 120 cm (includes the second lower plinth)

Square Base Dimensions: 76 x 74 cn

Trapezoidal Basin: 66 x 66 cm sq.

Notes on Measurements: BSI on-site

LID INFORMATION

Date: modern

Material: wood, oak?

Apparatus: no

Notes: [cf. FontNotes]

REFERENCES

Allen, J. Romilly, "Notes on Early Christian Symbolism", N.S., VI, Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, 1884, pp. 380-464; r["References"]

Blomefield, Francis, An essay towards a topographical history of Norfolk, 1805-1810

Bond, Francis, Fonts and Font Covers, London: Waterstone, 1985 c1908

Cautley, Henry Munro, Norfolk Churches, Ipswich: Norman Adlard & Co., 1949

Clapham, Alfred William, English Romanesque Architecture after the Conquest, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1934

Friar, Stephen, The Sutton Companion to Churches, Thrupp, Stroud (Gloucs.): Sutton Publishing, 2003

Knott, Simon, The Norfolk Churches Site, Simon Knott, 2004. [standing permission to reproduce images received from Simon (February 2005]. Accessed: 2009-08-21 00:00:00. URL: www.norfolkchurches.co.uk.

Paley, Frederick Apthorp, Illustrations of Baptismal Fonts, London, UK: John van Voorst, 1844

Pevsner, Nikolaus, Norfolk 2: North-West and South (2nd ed.), London: Penguin, 1999

Ruprich-Robert, V., Architecture normande aux XIe et XIIe siècles en Normandie et en Angleterre, Paris: Libraririe des imprimeries réunies, 1884-1889

Speltz, Alexander, Styles of Ornament: a Pictorial Survey of Six Thousand Years of Ornamental Design, New York: Gramercy Books, 1994(c1910)

Tyrrell-Green, E., Baptismal Fonts Classified and Illustrated, London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge: The Macmillan Co., 1928