Glencorse

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INFORMATION

FontID: 00939GLE
Church/Chapel: Parish Church
Church Location: 13 Fraser Ln, Milton Bridge, Penicuik EH26 0EU, United Kingdom -- Tel.: +44 131 440 2012
Country Name: Scotland
Location: Edinburgh
Directions to Site: Located between the A702 (W) and the A701, 12-13 km S of Edinburgh city centre
Font Location in Church: In the churchyard [later moved to the modern church]
Century and Period: 17th century (?) [basin only], [altered font]
Described in Walker (1887) as "a plain cube block, with simple bead moulding on the four angles and top edge." The inner well is round and without a drain. The entry for this church in CANMORE [https://canmore.org.uk/site/51868/glencorse-old-parish-church] [accessed 13 February 2025] informs: "ruin of Glencorse Church, which was built in the 17th century and served the parish until 1885, when it was superseded by the present modern church near Milton Bridge [...] FONT. Within the modern church of Glencorse [see NT26SW 94] is preserved a font which is said to have come from the old church. It stands on a modern base and consists of a cube of local freestone 19 inches square by 17 inches high; a roughly executed angle-bead is its only ornament. The basin is circular, has a diameter of 13 ½ inches, and is 7 ¾ inches deep. The upper surface has, at each corner, an iron crampet for the font cover."

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 55.85485, -3.2067
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 55° 51′ 17.46″ N, 3° 12′ 24.12″ W
UTM: 30U 487060 6189944

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, type unknown
Number of Pieces: one
Font Shape: square (unmounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: square
Diameter (inside rim): 32.5 cm
Basin Depth: 20 cm
Font Height (less Plinth): 55 cm
Square Base Dimensions: 47.5 x 47.5 cm
Trapezoidal Basin: 47.5 x 47.5 cm
Notes on Measurements: Walker (1887: 377)

REFERENCES

Walker, J. Russell, "Scottish Baptismal Fonts", 21 or N.S. 9, Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, 1887, pp. 346-448; r["References"]