Aycliffe / Great Aycliffe
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view of font
Scene Description: the lining obviously modern
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view of church exterior - west tower
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view of church interior - nave - looking west
Scene Description: the font is partially visible at the back (west), left (south) side, just east of the tower arch
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © spratmackrel, 2008
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 02044AYC
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 11th - 12th century, Norman
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Andrew
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Andrew
Site Location: Durham, North East, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located just N of the junction A167-A1(M)
Font Notes:
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Listed in Cox & Harvey (1907) as a baptismal font of the Norman period. In Pevsner (1926): "Font. Of very primitive shape and entirely undecorated; early Norman?" The font consists of an oblong-shaped tapering tub with rounded corners, the inside well rectangular and lead-lined [the lining is modern]; raised on a columnar base.
COORDINATES
UTM: 30U 593006 6050887
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 54.59688, -1.56041
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 54° 35′ 48.77″ N, 1° 33′ 37.48″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, type unknown
Font Shape: tub-shaped, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: rectangular
Basin Exterior Shape: rectangular
Drainage Notes: lead-lined [modern lining]
REFERENCES
- Cox, John Charles, English Church Furniture, New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1907, p. 198
- Pevsner, Nikolaus, County Durham, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1983, p. 83