Hellingly / Herrinlye

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Image copyright © Mark Collins, 2004

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Results: 11 records

view of font and cover

the modern font [cf. FontNotes]
Scene Description: the modern font [cf. FontNotes]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Mark Collins, 2004
Image Source: digital photograph taken 2 August 2004 by Mark Collins [www.roughwood.net/ChurchAlbum/EastSussex/Hellingly/HellinglyStPeterStPaul2004.htm] [accessed 21 January 2013]
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design element - motifs - rope moulding

the remains of the old font, now built into the north transept wall of the church
Scene Description: the remains of the old font, now built into the north transept wall of the church
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Sussex Parish Churches, 2013
Image Source: digital photograph in Sussex Parish Churches [www.sussexparishchurches.org/content/view/210/34/] [accessed 21 January 2013]
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design element - architectural - arcade - blind - round arches - intersecting arches - columns with capitals and bases

the remains of the old font, now built into the north transept wall of the church -- some intersecting arches rest on decorated capitals and double columns, whereas most of the arches rest on simple imposts but have foliated motifs instead of columns proper
Scene Description: the remains of the old font, now built into the north transept wall of the church -- some intersecting arches rest on decorated capitals and double columns, whereas most of the arches rest on simple imposts but have foliated motifs instead of columns proper
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Sussex Parish Churches, 2013
Image Source: digital photograph in Sussex Parish Churches [www.sussexparishchurches.org/content/view/210/34/] [accessed 21 January 2013]
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view of church exterior - southeast view

Font image
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Mark Collins, 2004
Image Source: digital photograph taken 2 August 2004 by Mark Collins [www.roughwood.net/ChurchAlbum/EastSussex/Hellingly/HellinglyStPeterStPaul2004.htm] [accessed 21 January 2013]
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view of church interior - nave - looking west

Font image
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Mark Collins, 2004
Image Source: digital photograph taken 2 August 2004 by Mark Collins [www.roughwood.net/ChurchAlbum/EastSussex/Hellingly/HellinglyStPeterStPaul2004.htm] [accessed 21 January 2013]
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view of church interior - chancel and east end

Font image
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Mark Collins, 2004
Image Source: digital photograph taken 2 August 2004 by Mark Collins [www.roughwood.net/ChurchAlbum/EastSussex/Hellingly/HellinglyStPeterStPaul2004.htm] [accessed 21 January 2013]
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view of basin - fragment

the remains of the old font, now built into the north transept wall of the church
Scene Description: the remains of the old font, now built into the north transept wall of the church
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Sussex Parish Churches, 2013
Image Source: digital photograph in Sussex Parish Churches [www.sussexparishchurches.org/content/view/210/34/] [accessed 21 January 2013]
Copyright Instructions: permission received

view of basin - fragment - detail

the remains of the old font, now built into the north transept wall of the church
Scene Description: the remains of the old font, now built into the north transept wall of the church
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © CRSBI, 2008
Image Source: B&W photograph in the CRSBI [www.crsbi.ac.uk/search/county/site/ed-sx-helli.html] [accessed 21 January 2013]
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view of basin - fragment - detail

the remains of the old font, now built into the north transept wall of the church
Scene Description: the remains of the old font, now built into the north transept wall of the church
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © CRSBI, 2008
Image Source: B&W photograph in the CRSBI [www.crsbi.ac.uk/search/county/site/ed-sx-helli.html] [accessed 21 January 2013]
Copyright Instructions: PERMISSION NOT AVAILABLE -- IMAGE NOT FOR PUBLIC USE

view of basin - fragment - detail

the remains of the old font, now built into the north transept wall of the church
Scene Description: the remains of the old font, now built into the north transept wall of the church
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © CRSBI, 2008
Image Source: B&W photograph in the CRSBI [www.crsbi.ac.uk/search/county/site/ed-sx-helli.html] [accessed 21 January 2013]
Copyright Instructions: PERMISSION NOT AVAILABLE -- IMAGE NOT FOR PUBLIC USE

view of basin - fragment

the remains of the old font, now built into the north transept wall of the church
Scene Description: the remains of the old font, now built into the north transept wall of the church
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © CRSBI, 2008
Image Source: B&W photograph in the CRSBI [www.crsbi.ac.uk/search/county/site/ed-sx-helli.html] [accessed 21 January 2013]
Copyright Instructions: PERMISSION NOT AVAILABLE -- IMAGE NOT FOR PUBLIC USE

INFORMATION

Font ID: 06516HEL
Object Type: Baptismal Font1, fragment
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th century, Late Norman
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Peter and St. Paul
Font Location in Church: Set in the chapel W wall [cf. FontNotes]
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Peter & St. Paul
Church Address: Church Lane, Hellingly, East Sussex BN27 4EY
Site Location: East Sussex, South East, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located 3 km N of Hailsham
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Chichester
Historical Region: Hundred of Dill -- Rape of Pevensey -- Sussex
Additional Comments: disappeared font? (the font from the medieval church here)
Font Notes:
Harrison (1920) dates the church to the 12th century, Transitional period, but does not mention a font in it. Described in Whiteman (1994): "The remains of a carved Norman font are set in the chapel W wall". The CRSBI (2008) notes: "Three carved stones, set into the interior W wall of the 13thc. N transept, represent the remains of a carved tub font. The upper border is carved with cable motif. Below this, the sides of the bowl are carved with fat arches, which interlace and alternately descend onto block capitals supported by geminated shafts, or through annulets, beneath which they sprout downward-sweeping volutes. The lower part of the bowl is missing. The L stone contains one full and two half arches; the central stone contains one full and two three-quarter arches, and the R stone contains two three-quarter arches, one of which is broken. The three pieces, if reconstructed, would not quite complete the circumference of the font. [...] There are no parallels for the font in Sussex. Smooth, fat stems bound by rings recur at Sompting (reset fragment in chancel and rear of Christ in Majesty relief in nave), but the design here is different." The CRSBI (ibid.) records the measurements of the individual fragments. The present font consists of an octagonal basin raised on a pedestal base decorated with arches; it appears modern. [NB: we have no other information on the font from the medieval church here].
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Mark Collins of the British Churches Album [www.roughwood.net/ChurchAlbum] for his photographs of this church and modern font; and to Sussex Parish Churches [www.sussexparishchurches.org] for the image of the fragment of the old font

COORDINATES

UTM: 31U 306352 5641013
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 50.888281, 0.246684
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 50° 53′ 17.81″ N, 0° 14′ 48.06″ E

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Number of Pieces: fragment

REFERENCES

  • Corpus of Romanesque Sculpture in Britain and Ireland, [n.d.].
  • Harrison, Frederick, Notes on Sussex churches, Hove: Combridges, 1920, p. 126
  • Whiteman, Ken, Ancient Churches of Suffolk, Seaford, East Sussex: S.B. Publications, 1998, p. 82