Barnham / Berneham / Barnham nr. Norwich
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view of church exterior - southeast view
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view of font - northeast side
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view of font - east side
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design element - motifs - floral - rosette
Scene Description: a number of them, on the basin sides
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design element - motifs - floral and foliage
Scene Description: some clearly discernible on the west side of the font
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design element - architectural - arcade - blind - round arches
Scene Description: some clearly discernible on the south side of the basin, despite the erosion
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view of basin - west side
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view of basin - north side
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view of basin - east side
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design element - motifs - moulding
Scene Description: forming the capitals and bases of the colonnettes of the base
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 02712BAR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th century (late?), Late Norman
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Mary the Virgin
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the W end of the nave, by the S doorway
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary the Virgin
Church Address: Church Lane, Barnham, West Sussex, PO22 0BP
Site Location: West Sussex, South East, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located on the B2233, 8 km N of Bognor Regis, 11-12 km E of Chichester
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Chichester
Historical Region: Hundred of Avisford -- Rape of Arundel -- Sussex
Additional Comments: altered font: the outer colonnettes of the basin may be re-cycled drain-pipes -- disappeared font? (the one from the ca. 1086 church here)
Font Notes:
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Listed in Cox & Harvey (1907) as a baptismal font of the Norman period. In Walker (1908), who points out that the outer colonnnettes of the base are a replacement [cf. VCH entry infra]. Harrison (1920) dates the font to the late-Norman period. Described in Tyrrell-Green (1928) as a baptismal font of the Norman period; a square basin mounted on a broad central column and four outer colonnettes; the sides of the basin are ornamented with an arcade and with rosettes. In Drummond-Roberts (1935). The Victoria County History (Sussex, vol. 5, pt. 1, 1997) notes: "There was a church in 1086. [...] In 1105 the lord of Barnham, Robert de Haye, gave it to Lessay abbey (Manche) [...] The nave is 12th-century and the rear arch of the south doorway and two small windows are of that date. The chancel was built, presumably to replace a smaller unit, early in the 13th century [...] The square late 12th-century font of Sussex marble has badly rubbed decoration including foliage and arcading; its central supporting pillar is original but the outer four are apparently painted drainpipes", the latter detail footnoted to Walker [cf. supra]. Whiteman (1998) writes: "The Norman font is a square bowl of Sussex marble with traces of decorative arcading". Described and illustrated in the CRSBI (2008) with date in the late 12th century. [NB: we have no information on the font from the ca. 1086 chuch here].
COORDINATES
UTM: 30U 666315 5633700
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, marble (Sussex)
Font Shape: square, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: square
Drainage Notes: lead-lined
Diameter (inside rim): 54 cm*
Font Height (less Plinth): 80 cm*
Font Height (with Plinth): 100 cm*
Trapezoidal Basin: 69 x 69 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * [CRSBI (2008)]
REFERENCES
- Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.
- 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. URL: http://www.crsbi.ac.uk.
- Cox, John Charles, English Church Furniture, New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1907, p. 223
- Drummond-Roberts, Maud F., Some Sussex fonts, photographed and described, Brighton: Southern Publishing Co., 1935, p. 8
- Harrison, Frederick, Notes on Sussex churches, Hove: Combridges, 1920, p. 57
- Tyrrell-Green, E., Baptismal Fonts Classified and Illustrated, London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge: The Macmillan Co., 1928, p. 27, 76, 83
- Walker, A.K., An introduction to the study of English fonts, with details of those in Sussex, 1908, p. 66
- Whiteman, Ken, Ancient Churches of Suffolk, Seaford, East Sussex: S.B. Publications, 1998, p. 20-21