Houghton nr. Arundel
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view of church exterior - northwest view
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INFORMATION
FontID: 06523HOU
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Nicholas
Church Patron Saints: St. Nicholas of Myra
Church Location: Houghton, West Sussex, BN18 9LW
Country Name: England
Location: West Sussex, South East
Directions to Site: Located 6-7 km N of Arundel
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Chicchester
Historical Region: Hundred of Bury -- Rape of Arundel -- Sussex
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the W end
Century and Period: 14th - 15th century, Decorated? / Perpendicular?
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
Listed in Cox & Harvey (1907) as a baptismal font of the Decorated period. Not mentioned in Harrison (1920), who gives the original period of the church as Early English, with later Perpendicular additions. Described in Whiteman (1994): "At the W end stands the huge octagonal font, probably dating from the 15th century, supported on a stem of similar shape and proportions".
COORDINATES
UTM: 30U 672071 5640935
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material:
stone
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
REFERENCES
Cox, John Charles, English Church Furniture, New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1907
Harrison, Frederick, Notes on Sussex churches, Hove: Combridges, 1920
Whiteman, Ken, Ancient Churches of Suffolk, Seaford, East Sussex: S.B. Publications, 1998