Coates nr. Petworth No. 1
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design element - architectural - arcade - blind - round arches - 16
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view of church exterior - northwest view
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INFORMATION
FontID: 06493COA
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Agatha
Church Patron Saints: St. Agatha [aka Agata, Agatha of Sicily, Agueda]
Church Location: Coates Lane, Coates, Fittleworth, West Sussex, RH20 1ES
Country Name: England
Location: West Sussex, South East
Directions to Site: Loacted just W of the B2138, near Burton Park, 7 SSE of Petworth, 15 km NNE of Chichester
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Chichester
Historical Region: Hundred of Rotherbridge? / Hundred of Bury? -- Rape of Arundel -- Sussex
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, one side set into [against?] the W wall
Century and Period: 11th - 13th century, Norman / Early English?
Noted and illustrated with a drawing in Andre (1901) as a lead-lined square baptismal font made of 'Sussex marble' [i.e., a local limestone] located at the west end of the nave. Described in Cox & Harvey (1907) as one of the most interesting of the twenty-nine baptismal fonts of the Norman period in this county that have square bowls. Described in Whiteman (1994: 45): "The square Norman font, one side set into the W wall, is carved with round-headed arches". Described and illustrated in the CRSBI (2008), where the measurements of the the basin (65 x 67 cm) show it is not quite square. [cf. Index entry for Coates No. 2 (WSussex) for a holy-water stoup in this church].
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal:
50.95226,
-0.57937
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS:
50° 57′ 8.14″ N,
0° 34′ 45.73″ W
UTM: 30U 670018 5647306
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material:
stone, limestone (Sussex marble)
Font Shape: square (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: square
Drainage Notes: lead-lined
Diameter (inside rim): 52 cm*
Basin Total Height: 25 cm*
Font Height (less Plinth): 64 cm*
Font Height (with Plinth): 112 cm*
Trapezoidal Basin: 65 x 67 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * [CRSBI (2008)]
REFERENCES
Corpus of Romanesque Sculpture in Britain and Ireland, [n.d.]. Accessed: 2013-02-10 00:00:00.
André, J. Lewis, "Fonts in Sussex Churches", 44 (1901), Surrey Archaeological Collections, relating to the history and antiquities of the county, 1901, pp. 33; r["References"]
Cox, John Charles, English Church Furniture, New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1907
Walker, A.K., An introduction to the study of English fonts, with details of those in Sussex, 1908
Whiteman, Ken, Ancient Churches of Suffolk, Seaford, East Sussex: S.B. Publications, 1998
