Cowley nr. Oxford / Couelai
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view of font and cover
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view of basin - interior
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view of basin
Scene Description: notice the repairs done to upper rim area
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view of church interior - looking east
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view of church exterior - south portal - detail
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view of church exterior - south portal
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view of church exterior - south porch
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view of church exterior - south view - detail
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view of church exterior - west view
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view of church exterior - south view
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view of church exterior - southwest view
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view of font and cover in context
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view of church interior - south aisle - looking east
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view of font cover
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 06327COW
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Date Visited: 2007-07-08
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th century [basin only], Medieval [composite]
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. James
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, towards the W end of the nave, by the last pillar of the N arcade, central aisle
Church Patron Saint(s): St. James
Church Address: Beauchamp Lane, Cowley, Oxfordshire, OX4 3LF
Site Location: Oxfordshire, South East, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located on Beauchamp Lane, Cowley, in the SE suburbs of Oxford (follow Iffley Rd to Church Cowley Rd and continue to Between Towns Rd, turn right on Beauchamp Lane; the church is up the lane on the right side -- from Cowley Rd: continue to Oxford Rd to Between Towns Rd, turn right, continue on and turn left on Beauchamp Lane)
Additional Comments: damaged font: the upper rim shows repairs, probably Victorian -- replacement base also Victorian [cf. FontNotes]
Font Notes:
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Described in the Guide to the Architectural Antiquities in the Neighbourhood of Oxford (1846): "The Font is plain and rude, the plug and chain remaining". Noted in Kelly's Oxford Directory of 1911 [www.historicaldirectories.org/hd/d.asp] [accessed 30 June 2007]: "plain font" [NB: the full text in Kelly's reads: "there is a plain font and some benches, dated 1632", but the 1632 date applies only to the benches. The Victoria County History (Oxford, vol. 5, 1957) notes: "Oseney Abbey probably rebuilt the church of St. James after acquiring it in 1149. The oldest parts of the present church [...] are late-12th-century [...] The font is of the 12th or 13th century, on a modern base. [...] In 1864–5 it was enlarged and restored by G. E. Street [...] a new font pedestal, and new marble reredos added." On-site notes: the font consists of a plain cylindrical basin raised on a two-volume cylindrical base designed in the old style, slightly wider than the basin itself, but it is Victorian; of the same period is probably the round wooden cover with finial orb-and-cross [the local people informed that the original cross of the finial was made of brass but was broken from the orb and/or stolen; the tiny replacement is made of wood and held down with plasticine]; the basin has had repairs made to the upper rim, the damage probably resulting from the removal of the original metal staples of the cover; the repair is not recent.
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Brian J. Curtis, of www.oxfordshirechurches.info, for his photographs of this church.
COORDINATES
UTM: 30U 461020 5622162
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 50.749925, -3.552542
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 50° 44′ 59.73″ N, 3° 33′ 9.15″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: cylindrical, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage System: centre hole in basin
Drainage Notes: lead lining
Rim Thickness: 10-12 cm
Diameter (inside rim): 50-51 cm
Diameter (includes rim): 73 cm
Basin Depth: 29 cm
Basin Total Height: 43 cm
Height of Base: 71 cm [modern]
Font Height (less Plinth): 114 cm [with modern base]
Font Height (with Plinth): 131 [base and plinth are modern]
Notes on Measurements: on-site
LID INFORMATION
Date: 19th century? Victorian?
Material: wood, oak
Apparatus: no
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]
REFERENCES
- Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.
- Kelly, Kelly's Directory of Oxfordshire, London: Kelly's Directories Ltd., 1911, p. 87
- Oxford Society for Promoting the Study of Gothic Architecture, Guide to the Architectural Antiquities in the Neighbourhood of Oxford, A, Oxford: John Henry Parker [for the Society], 1846, p. 393-394