Hastings No. 2
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view of church exterior - southeast view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Julian P Guffogg, 2012
Image Source: digital photograph taken 2 September 2012 by Julian P Guffogg [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/3110797] [accessed 21 January 2013]
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 06515HAS
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 15th century, Perpendicular
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of All Saints
Church Patron Saint(s): All Saints
Church Address: 5 All Saints Crescent, Hastings, East Sussex TN34 3BJ
Site Location: East Sussex, South East, England, United Kingdom
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Chichester
Historical Region: Rape and Honour of Hastings -- Sussex
Font Notes:
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Harrison (1920) reports a Perpendicular font in this church. Described in Whiteman (1994): "The 15th-century octagonal font is decorated with arches, quatrefoils and shields". The pedestal base is also decorated with arches.
COORDINATES
UTM: 31U 330841 5636931
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 50.8593, 0.5964
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 50° 51′ 33.48″ N, 0° 35′ 47.04″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
REFERENCES
- Harrison, Frederick, Notes on Sussex churches, Hove: Combridges, 1920, p. 125
- Whiteman, Ken, Ancient Churches of Suffolk, Seaford, East Sussex: S.B. Publications, 1998, p. 80