Sandhurst nr. Gloucester / Sanher
Image copyright © Timothy Marlow, 2015
Image and permission received (letter of 26 October 2013)
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view of font and cover
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Timothy Marlow, 2015
Image Source: photograph taken 28 October 1982 by Timothy Marlow
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (letter of 26 October 2013)
view of font and cover
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Timothy Marlow, 2015
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (letter of 26 October 2013)
view of font and cover
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Timothy Marlow, 2015
Image Source: photograph taken 28 October 1982 by Timothy Marlow
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (letter of 26 October 2013)
design element - motifs - vine
Scene Description: in some of the arches; alternating with seated figures
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Timothy Marlow, 2015
Image Source: photograph taken 28 October 1982 by Timothy Marlow
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (letter of 26 October 2013)
design element - architectural - arcade - round arches - 11 arches
Scene Description: the inside of the arches has varied ornamental patterns
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Timothy Marlow, 2015
Image Source: photograph taken 28 October 1982 by Timothy Marlow
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (letter of 26 October 2013)
Christ - Christ in Majesty? [or Apostle?]
Scene Description: One of the figures has the right hand raised in benediction while the left holds a book on his knee; the figures appear on alternate arches; there may be two distinct figures represented [are they Apostles? or just different renditions of the Majestas Domini?] others contain ornamental vine [or Tree of Life?] motifs
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Timothy Marlow, 2015
Image Source: photograph taken 28 October 1982 by Timothy Marlow
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (letter of 26 October 2013)
design element - motifs - foliage
Scene Description: all around
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Timothy Marlow, 2015
Image Source: photograph taken 28 October 1982 by Timothy Marlow
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (letter of 26 October 2013)
design element - motifs - foliage
Scene Description: all around the lower basin side
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Timothy Marlow, 2015
Image Source: photograph taken 28 October 1982 by Timothy Marlow
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (letter of 26 October 2013)
view of church exterior - southwest view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © John Wilkes, 2007
Image Source: digital photograph taken by John Wilkes in March 2007
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
view of church interior - looking east
Scene Description: the font in the foreground
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © John Wilkes, 2007
Image Source: digital photograph taken by John Wilkes in March 2007
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
view of basin - projection
Scene Description: a comparative re-created projection of the basin program
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © John Wilkes, 2008
Image Source: digital image created by John Wilkes in January 2008
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
view of basin - projection
Scene Description: a re-created projection of the basin program
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © John Wilkes, 2008
Image Source: digital image created by John Wilkes in January 2008
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
view of basin - detail
Scene Description: a possible definition of one of the lead panes
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © John Wilkes, 2008
Image Source: digital image created by John Wilkes in January 2008
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
view of font - detail
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Stone, 1955
Image Source: B&W photograph in Stone (1955)
Copyright Instructions: PERMISSION NOT AVAILABLE -- IMAGE NOT FOR PUBLIC USE
INFORMATION
Font ID: 00261SAN
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th century (late?), Romanesque
Workshop/Group/Artisan: lead font
Cognate Fonts: Frampton-on Severn, Siston, Oxenhall, Tidenham, and Lancaut (Gloucestershire). All from the same mould.
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Lawrence
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the W end, S aisle, by the S entrance
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Lawrence [aka Laurence]
Church Address: Sandhurst Lane, Sandhurst, Gloucestershire, GL2 9NP
Site Location: Gloucestershire, South West, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located E of the A417, 5 km NNW of Gloucester
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Gloucester
Historical Region: Hundred of Dudstone [in Domesday]
Additional Comments: altered font? (base is 19thC replacement)
Font Notes:
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There is an entry for this Sandhurst [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [http://domesdaymap.co.uk/place/SO8223/sandhurst/] [accessed 17 February 2015], but it mentions neither cleric nor church in it. A font here is described and illustrated in Bond (1908) as a cylindrical lead font; in its ornamentation "the chief feature is a large arcade, generally with prominent figures under the arches". The arcade consists of eleven arches. In Fryer (1908) [NB: Fryer's entry gives the church dedication as St. Mary -- it is dedicated to St. Lawrence]. Dated in Stone (1955) to the mid-twelfth century. Noted in Verey & Brooks (1999-2002): "Font. One of six late C12 lead fonts in Gloucestershire […] Round bowl with an arcade of eleven compartments in low relief, containing five seated figures and six foliated scrolls. C19 stone stem."
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to John Wilkes, of www.allthecotswolds.com, and to Timothy Marlow for their photographs of this church and font. [cf. Index entries for Frampton-on-Severn and Lancaut for similar details on lead fonts].
COORDINATES
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 51.9083, -2.2515
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 51° 54′ 30.63″ N, 2° 15′ 04.64″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: metal, lead
Font Shape: cylindrical, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Diameter (inside rim): 58.75 cm*
Basin Total Height: 55 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * [in inches in Fryer (1908: 281)]
LID INFORMATION
Material: wood, oak?
Apparatus: no
Notes: flat and round, with metal decoration and handle
REFERENCES
- Bond, Francis, Fonts and Font Covers, London: Waterstone, 1985 c1908, 37, 79 and ill. on p. 82
- Cox, John Charles, English Church Furniture, New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1907, p. 163
- Crossley, Frederick Herbert, English Church Craftsmanship: an Introduction to the Work of the Mediaval Period and Some Account of Later Developments, London: B.T. Batsford, 1941, p. 16
- Fryer, Alfred C., "The Gloucestershire fonts", 31(1908); 34(1911); 40(1917); 41(1918); 42(1920), Transactions of the Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society, 1908, 1911, 1920, pp. 31 (277-281); 34 (195-207); 40(39-56); 41 (27-35); 42 (69-88); p. 277-279, 281
- Stone, Lawrence, Sculpture in Britain: the Middle Ages, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1955, pl. 66A
- Verey, David, Gloucestershire, London: Penguin Books, 1999-2002, vol. 2: 662