Battle
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design element - architectural - arcade - blind - round arches - 28
Scene Description: Seven arches on each basin side
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Arthur Mee, 1937
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view of church interior - nave - looking east
Scene Description: the edge of the font and the plinth steps are visible on the right-hand edge of the image
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view of context - abbey exterior
Scene Description: in 2006
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view of font
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Arthur Mee, 1937
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view of font
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view of font - northeast view
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view of font - southeast side
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INFORMATION
FontID: 02713BAT
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Mary the Virgin
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin
Church Location: Upper Lake, Battle, East Sussex [SatNav code: TN33 0AN]
Country Name: England
Location: East Sussex, South East
Directions to Site: Located at the junction of the A271-2100, 11-12 km NW of Hastings
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Chichester
Historical Region: Hundred of Hailesaltede [in Domesday
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the W end of the nave, S side
Date: ca. 1190?
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Medieval
Battle is mentioned in the Domesday survey [https://opendomesday.org/place/TQ7415/battle/] [accessed 11 February 2023] without an individual entry. Noted in Kelly's Directory of 1867: "The church of St. Mary was founded by Ralph, who was Abbot of Battle from 1107 to 1124 [...] the font is a good specimen of the Norman style, and has every appearance of being as old as the foundation". Listed in Cox & Harvey (1907) as a baptismal font of the Norman period. Described and illustrated in Bond (1908) as a Purbeck marble baptismal font of Romanesque design and dated to the 13th century; the tabular-shaped basin is square and has a blind arcade of round arches all around; the base consists of a broad central column and 4 slenedr corner colonnettes, all plain; the lower base is, like that of the Tournai fonts, and its has a square plinth as part of the font, as well as a three-step plinth on which the font stands. In Harrison (1920) as late-Norman. Reported in Dru Drury (1949) as a font made of Purbeck marble. Described in Whiteman (1998): "The square, arcaded font is Norman". Catalogued and illustrated in the CRSBI (2008): "At the W end of the nave, S side, is a square, Sussex marble font with slightly tapering sides and a circular basin. The surface is worn and the lower SE angle broken. The sides are carved with shallow, round-headed arcading, comprising seven arches on E and W and six on N and S. The arches have continuous chamfers. On the base of the bowl are mouldings for four angle shafts and a fat central shaft, but the present columns and bases are modern." Described and illustrated in the Parish website [http://www.battle-and-bexhill-deanery.co.uk/Battle%20Tour.htm] [accessed 20 February 2010]: "The Font is early twelfth century. A frieze of Norman arches, much worn, may still just be discerned round the square cut marble slab. The carved and gilded cover to the Font is medieval." [NB: there may have been a medieval font in the abbey church at Battle Abbey]. Noted in Leach (1975) as a font made of Purbeck marble, "the subsidiary shafts and the base are modern" [source given: Dr. G. Dru Drury].
COORDINATES
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material:
stone, limestone ([Purbeck marble]
Font Shape: square (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: square
Diameter (inside rim): 63 cm*
Basin Total Height: 24 cm*
Trapezoidal Basin: 82 x 83 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * [CRSBI (2008)]
REFERENCES
Bond, Francis, Fonts and Font Covers, London: Waterstone, 1985 c1908
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: 2002-12-16 00:00:00. URL: http://www.crsbi.ac.uk.
Dru Drury, G., "The use of Purbeck in mediaeval times", 70, Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society, 1949, pp. 74-98; r["References"]
Drummond-Roberts, Maud F., Some Sussex fonts, photographed and described, Brighton: Southern Publishing Co., 1935
Harrison, Frederick, Notes on Sussex churches, Hove: Combridges, 1920
Kelly, Kelly's Post Office Directory of Essex, Herts, Middlesex, Kent, Surrey and Sussex, London: Kelly's Directories Ltd., 1867
Leach, Rosemary, A Investigation into the use of Purbeck Marble in Medieval England, Hartlepool: E.W. Harrisons & Sons, 1975
Mee, Arthur, The King's England, Sussex, 1937
Walker, A.K., An introduction to the study of English fonts, with details of those in Sussex, 1908
Whiteman, Ken, Ancient Churches of Suffolk, Seaford, East Sussex: S.B. Publications, 1998