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INFORMATION

Font ID: 06335PEV
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th century, Norman
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Nicolas
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the W end of the nave
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Nicholas of Myra
Church Address: Church Lane, Pevensey, East Sussex, BN24 5LD
Site Location: East Sussex, South East, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located in Pevensey Bay, at the junction of the A27 and the A259, just NE of Eastbourne
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Chichester
Historical Region: Hundred of Pevensey -- Rape of Pevensey -- Sussex
Additional Comments: recycled font: cast out, then recovered; not used for baptism any longer
Font Notes:
Harrison (1920) writes: "disused font, square ; stone bowl (stoup or mortar)". Described in Tyrrell-Green (1928) as an "interesting old font" that had been cast out of the church but was later brought back to the church but no longer used for baptism. Whiteman (1994) writes: "Of the two fonts, one is modern, the other medieval, a square block of stone." Noted and illustrated in Roughwood.net [www.roughwood.net/ChurchAlbum/EastSussex/Pevensey/PevenseyStNicholas2004.htm] [accessed 10 August 2010]: "The Norman font, situated at the west end of the nave, is of Caen stone. The retractable canopy was carved by Mr Albert Vidler, of "The Gables", Pevensey, c. 1890."

COORDINATES

UTM: 31U 312414 5633145
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 50.8196, 0.3368
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 50° 49′ 10.56″ N, 0° 20′ 12.48″ E

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: square, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: square

LID INFORMATION

Date: ca. 1890?
Material: wood
Apparatus: yes
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]

REFERENCES

  • Harrison, Frederick, Notes on Sussex churches, Hove: Combridges, 1920, p. 161
  • Tyrrell-Green, E., Baptismal Fonts Classified and Illustrated, London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge: The Macmillan Co., 1928, p. 40
  • Whiteman, Ken, Ancient Churches of Suffolk, Seaford, East Sussex: S.B. Publications, 1998, p. 121-122