Hede No. 2 / Hédé / Hédé-Bazouges (Ille-et-Vilaine)

Results: 5 records

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view of basin - detail

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 15 June 2000 by BSI

view of font in context

Scene Description: outside the church, on the south side of the west portal

view of stoup

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 15 June 2000 by BSI

view of stoup - side

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 15 June 2000 by BSI

view of stoup - upper view

Scene Description: now collecting cigarrette butts and rubbish of al kinds, the stone being eaten away by lichens

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 15 June 2000 by BSI

INFORMATION

FontID: 03402HED

Object Type: Stoup?

Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale Notre-Dame de l'Assomption de Hédé

Church Patron Saints: The Assumption of St. Mary

Church Location: 35630 Hédé, France

Country Name: France

Location: Ille-et-Vilaine / Il-ha-Gwilen, Bretagne

Directions to Site: Hédé is off the D3795, 20 km N of Rennes on the N137 (Rennes-Dinan)

Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Rennes, Dol & St Malo

Font Location in Church: Outside, to the right of the western door, north side

Century and Period: 15th - 16th century, Late Gothic

Font Notes: Click to view

On-site notes: this may be a large granite stoup, although it is the size of a font (with the plinth included it is 130 cm tall!). It has an octagonal basin, plain except for four thin horizontal mouldings below the rim. The underbowl tapers in to meet the round upper ring of the base; there is short cylindrical column underneath and then the rest is square, widening out towards the bottom.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 48.296389, -1.801097

Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 48° 17′ 47″ N, 1° 48′ 3.95″ W

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, granite

Number of Pieces: two

Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)

Basin Interior Shape: round

Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal

Drainage Notes: The basin is filled with soil and detritus; no drain hole visible.

Rim Thickness: 7-10 cm

Diameter (inside rim): 60 cm

Diameter (includes rim): 73-80 cm

Basin Depth: 30 cm (approx.)

Basin Total Height: 45 cm

Height of Base: 60 cm

Font Height (less Plinth): 105 cm

Font Height (with Plinth): 130 cm

Square Base Dimensions: 70x70 cm

Notes on Measurements: BSI. [NB: measurement for "Outside diameter" refers to the min. & max. diagonals of the octagon]