Bury nr. Pulborough

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design element - motifs - floral - in a quatrefoil - 8
design element - motifs - floral - square flower
design element - motifs - moulding
design element - motifs - moulding
view of church exterior - southwest view
view of church interior - nave - looking east
INFORMATION
FontID: 06489BUR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. John the Evangelist
Church Patron Saints: St. John the Evangelist
Church Location: Church Lane, Bury, West Sussex, RH20 1PB
Country Name: England
Location: West Sussex, South East
Directions to Site: Located just off the A284 (Arundel to Pulborough), 3 km from Amberley, 6 km S of Pulborough
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Chichester
Historical Region: Sussex
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, beneath the western arch
Century and Period: 15th century, Perpendicular
Font Notes:
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Harrison (1920) reports a Perpendicular font in this church, as well as a holy-water stoup outside the south door; the church was originally of the 13th century. Described in Whiteman (1994) as a "15th-century font, octagonal and carved with rosettes". [NB: we have no information on the font from the original 13th-century church here].
COORDINATES
UTM: 30U 671303 5642577
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
LID INFORMATION
Date: modern?
Material: wood
Apparatus: no
Notes: flat and round
REFERENCES
Harrison, Frederick, Notes on Sussex churches, Hove: Combridges, 1920
Whiteman, Ken, Ancient Churches of Suffolk, Seaford, East Sussex: S.B. Publications, 1998