Hartfield
Results: 4 records
design element - motifs - floral
design element - motifs - foliage
symbol - shield
view of church exterior - southwest view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © The Voice of Hassocks, 2012
Image Source: digital photograph taken 22 March 2012 by The Voice of Hassocks [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:St_Mary_the_Virgin%27s_Church,_Hartfield_%28NHLE_Code_1192522%29.JPG] [accessed 21 January 2013]
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INFORMATION
FontID: 06514HAR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Mary
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin
Church Location: Church St, Hartfield, East Sussex, TN7 4AG
Country Name: England
Location: East Sussex, South East
Directions to Site: Located at the junction of the B2026 and the B2110, 9-10 km SEE of East Grinstead. 11 SW of Tunbridge Wells
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Chichester
Historical Region: Hundred of Hartfield -- Rape of Pevensey -- Sussex
Font Location in Church: Inside the church at the W end of the aisle
Century and Period: 15th century, Perpendicular
Workshop/Group/Artisan: heraldic font
Font Notes:
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Harrison (1920) mentions a Perpendicular font and an undated stoup in this church. Described in Whiteman (1994): "At the W end of the aisle is the large octagonal Perpendicular font, its bowl carved with flowers, foliage and shields".
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 51.101455, 0.110307
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 51° 6′ 5.24″ N, 0° 6′ 37.1″ E
UTM: 31U 297692 5665079
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
REFERENCES
Whiteman, Ken, Ancient Churches of Suffolk, Seaford, East Sussex: S.B. Publications, 1998