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BBL01: design element - motifs - rope moulding
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BBU01: design element - motifs - scallop
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view of font and cover
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Image Source: digital photograph in www.crichstmarys.org.uk
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INFORMATION
FontID: 01548CRI
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Mary
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin
Church Location: Cromford Rd, Crich, Nr Matlock DE4 5DJ, United Kingdom -- Tel.: +44 1773 425077
Country Name: England
Location: Derbyshire, East Midlands
Directions to Site: Located off the B5035, about 20 km N of Derby
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Derby
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 12th century, Norman
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
Listed in Cox & Harvey (1907) as a baptismal font of the Norman period. Noted in Pevsner (1978): "Font. Plain Norman." The font is tub-shaped, almost cylindrical, decorated with a band of scallop motif around the upper basin side and a rope moulding towards the bottom of the basin; the flat wooden cover is moder; the font is raised on a round plinth. A recent illustration of the font can be found at the Parish web site [www.crichstmarys.org.uk]. The entry for this church in the CRSBI [https://www.crsbi.ac.uk/view-item?i=7851] [accessed 2 April 2025] notes: "Font The font is situated at the W end of the S aisle. A row of triangular elements and a roll moulding decorate the top of the basin, whilst the bottom is carved with a cable moulding."
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal:
53.087756,
-1.481564
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS:
53° 5′ 15.92″ N,
1° 28′ 53.63″ W
UTM: 30U 601693 5883110
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material:
stone, sandstone?
Font Shape: tub-shaped
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Diameter (inside rim): 51 cm*
Diameter (includes rim): 67 cm*
Font Height (with Plinth): 92 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * CRSBI
LID INFORMATION
Date: modern
Material:
wood,
Apparatus: no
Notes: flat and modern, with metal decoration and ring handle
REFERENCES
Corpus of Romanesque Sculpture in Britain and Ireland, The Corpus of Romanesque Sculpture in Britain and Ireland, The Corpus of Romanesque Sculpture in Britain and Ireland. Accessed: 2025-04-02 00:00:00. URL: http://www.crsbi.ac.uk.
Cox, John Charles, English Church Furniture, New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1907
Pevsner, Nikolaus, Derbyshire, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1978