Racton
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view of church exterior - south view
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view of church interior - nave - looking west
Scene Description: the font is at the back (west end), hidden behind the right (north) bank of tall pews
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view of font and cover
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INFORMATION
FontID: 06544RAC
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Peter [dedication unknown in the VCH]
Church Patron Saints: St. Peter [dedication unknown in the VCH]
Church Location: Racton, West Sussex, PO18 9DP
Country Name: England
Location: West Sussex, South East
Directions to Site: Located on B2147, just S of the crossroads with the B2146, W of Funtington, S of Stoughton, 3 km NE of Emsworth
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Chichester
Historical Region: Hundred of Westbourne and Singleton -- Rape of Chichester -- Sussex
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the NW corner of the nave
Century and Period: 12th century [restored], Medieval [altered]
Church Notes: The Church of England web site [www.achurchnearyou.com/racton-st-peter/] [accessed 18 September 2012] gives the dedication of this church as St. Peter's
Harrison (1920) describes the church itself as Early English with Perpendicular additions, but mentions no font in it. The Victoria County History (Sussex, vol. 4, 1953) notes: "Savaric fitz-Cane and his wife Muriel, with the consent of their son Ralph, gave the church of Racton to Lewes Priory about 1142 [...] The nave may originally have been built in the 12th century and the chancel added in the 13th [...] The font is tub-shaped, probably 12th-century but restored". The VCH (ibid.) gives the dedication of the church as "unknown". Described in Whiteman (1994) as a baptismal font probably of the 12th century. The only ornamentation is a roll moulding around the upper rim. The restoration includes a modern two-step octagonal plinth or lower base added to the font. Noted and illustrated in the CRSBI (2008) with possible date in the 12th century, but much re-tooled.
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal:
50.8774,
-0.893497
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS:
50° 52′ 38.64″ N,
0° 53′ 36.59″ W
UTM: 30U 648195 5638305
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material:
stone
Font Shape: tub-shaped (cylindrical)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Rim Thickness: 10.5 cm [calculated]
Diameter (inside rim): 62 cm*
Diameter (includes rim): 83 cm*
Basin Total Height: 59 cm*
Font Height (less Plinth): 59 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * [CRSBI (2008)]
LID INFORMATION
Date: modern
Material:
wood,
Apparatus: no
Notes: round, flat and plain; modern
REFERENCES
Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. Accessed: 2012-09-18 00:00:00. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.
Corpus of Romanesque Sculpture in Britain and Ireland, The Corpus of Romanesque Sculpture in Britain and Ireland, The Corpus of Romanesque Sculpture in Britain and Ireland. Accessed: 2012-09-18 00:00:00. URL: http://www.crsbi.ac.uk.
Harrison, Frederick, Notes on Sussex churches, Hove: Combridges, 1920
Whiteman, Ken, Ancient Churches of Suffolk, Seaford, East Sussex: S.B. Publications, 1998
