Hastings No. 2
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design element - architectural - arcade
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Scene Description: [cf. FontNotes]
design element - motifs - quatrefoil
Scene Description: [cf. FontNotes]
symbol - shield
Scene Description: [cf. FontNotes]
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]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-3.0
INFORMATION
FontID: 06515HAS
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of All Saints
Church Patron Saints: All Saints
Church Location: 5 All Saints Crescent, Hastings, East Sussex TN34 3BJ
Country Name: England
Location: East Sussex, South East
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Chichester
Historical Region: Rape and Honour of Hastings -- Sussex
Century and Period: 15th century, Perpendicular
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
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
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal:
50.8593,
0.5964
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS:
50° 51′ 33.48″ N,
0° 35′ 47.04″ E
UTM: 31U 330841 5636931
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
Whiteman, Ken, Ancient Churches of Suffolk, Seaford, East Sussex: S.B. Publications, 1998