South Oxhey

INFORMATION

FontID: 05197OXH

Object Type: Baptismal Font1

Church/Chapel: Oxhey Chapel

Country Name: England

Location: Hertfordshire, East

Directions to Site: Located 3 kms SE of Watford, near the All Saints' church, on Gosforth Lane

Font Location in Church: Inside the chapel

Century and Period: 17th century(late?)

Church Notes: Oxhey Chapel was built in 1612 by Sir James Altham [Baron of the Exchequer to Elizabeth I] as a private chapel to Oxhey Place House. In 1800 Oxhey Place was demalished and the Chapel disused and neglected until 1854, when it was repaired. Licensed for public worship in 1855. Later placed in the care of the Redundant Churches Commission. [Source: 'Remembering Oxhey Chapel', by Mr. Chapman, 26th July 2002, in The St Alban's Review & Observer [www.stalbansobserver.co.uk] [accessed 5 July 2006]]

Font Notes: Click to view

Noted in Pevsner & Cherry (1977): "Fine late C17 font with font cover." Identified as a wooden baptismal font in the chapel at Oxhey, in the CIVICTRUST WEB page of the Churches Conservation Trust.

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone

LID INFORMATION

Date: 17th century (late)

Notes: [cf. FontNotes]

REFERENCES

Pevsner, Nikolaus, Hertfordshire, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1977