Winston / Winston-on-Tees

Results: 2 records

B01: animal - fabulous animal or monster - dragon

[cf. Font notes]
Scene Description: [cf. Font notes]

B02: design element - motifs - floral

[cf. Font notes]
Scene Description: [cf. Font notes]

INFORMATION

FontID: 02038WIN
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Andrew
Church Patron Saints: St. Andrew
Church Location: Church Mews, Winston, Darlington DL2 3RL, United Kingdom -- Tel.: +44 1325 733154
Country Name: England
Location: Durham, North East
Directions to Site: Located 2 km SE of Newsham, between Barnard Castle and Darlington
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Date: ca. 1220?
Century and Period: 12th - 17th century, Medieval
Font Notes:
Described in Mackenzie & Ross (1834): "the font is curiously sculpted with fighting dragons, festoons of roses, &c." Whellan (1894) writes: "The original church, of which there are few remains, dates from about 1220. The old baptismal font, with its sculptured dragons and festoons of flowers, &c., has been preserved, together with a portion of a Saxon cross and a fourteenth century tomb-cover." Murray (1873) notes: "The font, sculptured with dragons, is curious". Cox a& Harvey (1907) described it as the best of the Norman fonts in Durham; curiously sculptured with dragons. Pevsner (1983), however, comments that this curious font looks "more C17 than medieval", and that "it seems to go with the pews".

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 54.546082, -1.784334
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 54° 32′ 45.89″ N, 1° 47′ 3.6″ W
UTM: 30U 578638 6044961

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, type unknown

REFERENCES

Cox, John Charles, English Church Furniture, New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1907
Mackenzie, Eneas, An historical, topographical, and descriptive view of the county palatine of Durham: comprehending the various subjects of natural, civil, and ecclesiastical geography, agriculture, mines, manufactures […], Newcastle-upon-Tyne: Mackenzie & Dent, 1834
Murray, John (the firm), A handbook for travellers in Durham and Northumberland, London: John Murray ; printed by William Clowes and Sons, 1873
Pevsner, Nikolaus, County Durham, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1983
Whellan, [T.?], Whellan's History, Topography and Directory of Durham (and Newcastle), London: [printed for Whellan], 1894