Chefresne / Le Chefresne
INFORMATION
Font ID: 03373CHE
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 16th - 17th century (?), Renaissance
Church / Chapel Name: Église paroissiale Saint-Pierre de Le Chefresne
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Peter
Church Notes: 11th-12th church; modified since; renovated 10thC
Church Address: 50410 Percy-en-Normandie, France
Site Location: Manche, Normandie, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the D58, in the municipality and 3-4 km SE of Percy-en-Normandie, 10 kms NE of Villedieu-les-Poêles
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Coutances et Avranches
Font Notes:
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Described by Vivier-Seguin (1941): granite octagonal font of the 16th-17th century; its only ornamentation is a moulding at the bottom of the basin sides; the upper base is also octagonal and it has no lower base.
COORDINATES
UTM: 30U 635293 5418330
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 48.90313, -1.15382
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 48° 54′ 11.27″ N, 1° 9′ 13.75″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, granite (Vivier-Seguin)
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
REFERENCES
- Vivier, Em., Les Anciens fonts baptismaux du Département de la Manche, Avranches: Presses de "L'Opinion de la Manche", 1941, p. 91