Leominster No. 2

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UB01: design element - architectural - column - 4

four attached to the central stem of the base
Scene Description: four attached to the central stem of the base
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: detail of a 17th-century sketch by Dineley, in Dineley (1867- )
Copyright Instructions: PD

INFORMATION

Font ID: 01128LEO
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th century, Gothic
Church / Chapel Name: Priory and Parish Church of St. Peter and St. Paul
Font Location in Church: Reported ca. 1989 in the "sanctuary", to the right of the altar [reported earlier, ca. 1930, in the garden at Grange House, the old Market Hall down the street from the church]
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Peter & St. Paul
Church Address: The Priory, Leominster HR6 8NH, United Kingdom -- Tel.: +44 1568 612124
Site Location: Herefordshire, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located 19 km N of Hereford
Additional Comments: recycled font: one of probably three fonts known in this church -- MUST USE -- cf. FontNotes for travel history
Font Notes:
A font in this church is recorded in Dineley (aka Dingley, 1867) [NB: we have no information on which of the two fonts it refers to]. The inventory of Herefordshire (1931-1934, vol. III: 116) reports two fonts located at the time in the gardens of Grange House, the former Market Hall. One of these was the basin of a 12th-century font [cf. Index entry for Leominster No. 1]; the other is described in this source (ibid.) as "a 13th-century font with a square chamfered bowl, stem with four attached shafts, moulded caps and bases". This appears to be the same font, a rather crude and plain work, illustrated in the 1989 Woodmansterne miniguide of the Priory of St. Peter and St. Paul; it locates the font in the 'sanctuay', to the right of the altar. [NB: Cox & Harvey (1907: 177) mention the font at Leominster as containing the Greek palindrome "ΝΙΨΟΝ ΑΝΟΜΗΜΑ ΜΗ ΜΟΝΑΝ ΟΨΙΝ"; they refer to the font as "more recent", after a mention of the 1667 date -- not included in this Index as it is probably a post-1700 font].

COORDINATES

UTM: 30U 518038 5786575
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 52.2293, -2.7359
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 52° 13′ 45.48″ N, 2° 44′ 9.24″ W

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, type unknown
Font Shape: square, mounted
Basin Exterior Shape: square

REFERENCES

  • Priory Church of St. Peter and St. Paul, Leominster: Woodmansterne miniguide, Watfird, UK: Woodmansterne Publications, 1989, [6],[7]
  • Dineley [Dingley], Thomas, History from marble, [London?]: Printed for the Camden Society, 1867-, vol. 1: 74 [ref. cxlvii - 161]
  • Great Britain. Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Herefordshire, London: H.M. Stationary Office, 1931-1934, vol. III: p. 116