Oving nr. Chichester
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view of church exterior - north view
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view of font - east side
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view of font and cover in context
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INFORMATION
FontID: 06047OVI
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Andrew
Church Patron Saints: St. Andrew
Church Location: Church Lane, Oving, West Sussex PO20 6DG
Country Name: England
Location: West Sussex, South East
Directions to Site: Located just E of Chichester, 2 km from Drayton
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Chichester
Historical Region: Hundred of Box and Stockbridge -- Rape of Chichester -- Sussex
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the W end of the nave
Century and Period: 13th century [composite font?], Medieval [composite]
Harrison (1920) reports a 13th-century baptismal font in this church; he futher notes that, during the 19th-century restoration here, "the foundations of the earlier Norman church were found and many of the stones used." Listed in Tyrrell-Green (1928) as one in a very large group of baptismal fonts that are plain octagonal with straightsided basins. The Victoria County History (Sussex, vol. 4, 1953) notes: "In 1881 traces of a former 12th-century church were discovered [...] The chancel arch is as high and wide as the chancel; it is of the 13th century and shows no sign of having been enlarged in modern times [...] The font stands east of the tower arch; it has an octagonal bowl on a moulded shaft, of doubtful date." Noted and illustrated in the CRSBI (2008): "An octagonal tub font with a lead lined basin, damaged rim and chamfered lower edge, supported by a fat central column, with eight colonnettes clustered around it. Three superimposed plinths of decreasing size. It appears to be limestone, but the surface is coated. [...] The font is 13thc. in date, but continued the 12thc. regional tradition of bowls supported by columns."
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal:
50.837799,
-0.722093
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS:
50° 50′ 16.08″ N,
0° 43′ 19.53″ W
UTM: 30U 660388 5634261
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material:
stone
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
Drainage Notes: lead-lined
Rim Thickness: 10 cm [calculated]
Diameter (inside rim): 55 cm*
Diameter (includes rim): 75 cm*
Basin Total Height: 36 cm*
Font Height (with Plinth): 117 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * [CRSBI (2008)]
LID INFORMATION
Date: modern?
Material:
wood,
Apparatus: no
Notes: round and flat, with metal decoration and ring handle; appears modern
REFERENCES
Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. Accessed: 2012-09-18 00:00:00. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.
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: 2012-09-18 00:00:00. URL: http://www.crsbi.ac.uk.
Harrison, Frederick, Notes on Sussex churches, Hove: Combridges, 1920
Tyrrell-Green, E., Baptismal Fonts Classified and Illustrated, London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge: The Macmillan Co., 1928
