Whitbourne

Results: 6 records

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B01: symbol - star (or flower) - 6-point

Scene Description: forming a pattern all around

Image Source: BSI - Photographed July 2000

B02: Christ - Agnus Dei

view of basin

Image Source: Herefordshire (1931-1934, vol. II: pl. 52)

Copyright Instructions: PERMISSION NOT AVAILABLE -- IMAGE NOT FOR PUBLIC USE

view of church exterior - south porch

Image Source: BSI - Photographed July 2000

view of church exterior - tower

Image Source: BSI - Photographed July 2000

view of font

Image Source: BSI - Photographed July 2000

INFORMATION

FontID: 02506WHI

Object Type: Baptismal Font1

Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. John the Baptist

Church Patron Saints: St. John the Baptist

Church Location: Unnamed Road, Whitbourne, Worcester WR6 5RS, United Kingdom -- Tel.: +44 1885 483747

Country Name: England

Location: Herefordshire, West Midlands

Directions to Site: Whitbourne is off the A44, about 16 km W of Worcester (dir. Leominster)

Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the W end of the nave

Century and Period: 12th century, Norman

Font Notes: Click to view

Described and illustrated in the inventory for Herefordshire (1931-1934, vol. II: 213 and pl. 52): "Font[...]: round bowl with star-shaped decoration and a crude Agnus Dei, round stem with necking, late 12th-century." A partial view of the Whitbourne font in Gethyn-Jones (1979: ill. 57c) shows a cylindrical base mounted on a narrower cylindrical plain base; the sides of the basin are very worn but there appear to be a human figure, another of a quadruped and a couple of six-point stars or flowers.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 52.21, -2.40359

Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 52° 12′ 36″ N, 2° 24′ 12.92″ W

UTM: 30U 540752 5784563

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, sandstone?

Number of Pieces: three

Font Shape: cylindrical (mounted)

Basin Interior Shape: round

Basin Exterior Shape: round

Drainage Notes: lead lined

Rim Thickness: 6-8 cm

Diameter (inside rim): 49-53 cm

Diameter (includes rim): 62-66 cm

Basin Depth: 25 cm

Basin Total Height: 37 cm

Height of Base: 52 cm

Font Height (less Plinth): 89 cm

Notes on Measurements: BSI (NB: these measurements correspond to the font found, not the one illustrated in Gethyn-Jones)

REFERENCES

Gethyn-Jones, Eric, The Dymock School of Sculpture, London: Phillimore, 1979

Great Britain. Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Herefordshire, London: H.M. Stationary Office, 1931-1934