Northiam No. 1
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Image Source: Tyrrell-Green (1928: fig. 17)
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 05848NOR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 17th - 18th century, Neoclassical
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Mary
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary the Virgin
Church Address: Main St/Church Lane, East Sussex, TN31 6NN
Site Location: East Sussex, South East, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located 20 km N of Hastings up the A28
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Chichester
Font Notes:
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Described and illustrated in Tyrrell-Jones (1928: 45 and fig. 17 on p. 46) as a baptismal font in the neo-Classical style, a small vase on a slender pillar, of a type "resembling garden sundials or flower-bases rather than vessels for the administration of baptism". [cf. Index entry for Northiam No. 2 for a second font in this church]
COORDINATES
UTM: 31U 331567 5651455
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: pedestal font
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
REFERENCES
- Tyrrell-Green, E., Baptismal Fonts Classified and Illustrated, London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge: The Macmillan Co., 1928, p. 45 and fig. 17 on p. 46