Biel House
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Image Source: Walker (1887: 373)
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 00934BEI
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 14th century (late), Gothic
Church / Chapel Name: Not in a church [orig. from the church of Pitcox?
Font Location in Church: No longer in a church, but in the grounds at Beil [ca. 1887]
Church Address: Biel, Pitcox, Eat Lothian, United Kingdom
Site Location: East Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Pitcox [not Petcox] is 2 km NE of Stenton, 5 km SW of Dunbar
Historical Region: formerly Haddingtonshire
Additional Comments: recycled font: "at present [ca. 1887] doing duty as a water-trough within the beautiful grounds of Biel, not far from the site of the now extinct Church of Petcox, and from which it very likely came" (Walker, p. 368, 371).
Font Notes:
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Described and illustrated in Walker (1887) as a "very plain and rather lumpish-looking bowl [...] at present doing duty as a water-trough within the beautiful grounds of Beil [Biel], not far from the site of the now extinct church of Petcox [sic], and from which it very likely came" (ibid., p. 368, 371). He suggests a date in the late 14th century, like the Stenton font nearby. [NB: the name of the village is Pitcox]
COORDINATES
UTM: 30U 525695 6203357
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 55.974848, -2.588281
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 55° 58′ 29.45″ N, 2° 35′ 17.81″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, type unknown
Number of Pieces: one
Font Shape: hemispheric
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage System: no drainage system
Rim Thickness: 9 cm
Diameter (inside rim): 50 cm
Diameter (includes rim): 67.5 cm
Basin Depth: 25 cm
Basin Total Height: 50 cm
Notes on Measurements: Walker (1887: 371)
REFERENCES
- Walker, J. Russell, "Scottish Baptismal Fonts", 21 or N.S. 9, Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, 1887, pp. 346-448; p. 368-371 and ill. on p. 373