Selmeston No. 2 / Selmestone
INFORMATION
Font ID: 06548SEL
Object Type: Stoup
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 16th century, Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church
Font Location in Church: In the porch
Church Address: Selmeston, East Sussex, BN26 6UD
Site Location: East Sussex, South East, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located off the A27, 8 km NE of Newhaven
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Chichester
Historical Region: Hundred of Danehill -- Rape of Lewes -- Sussex
Font Notes:
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Harrison (1920) does not mention the font here, but notes a "stoup in porch". Described in Whiteman (1994), "a holy water stoup in the porch", as one of the medieval remains in this church. [cf. Index entry for Selmeston No. 1 for the remains of a 13th-century font in this church]
COORDINATES
UTM: 31U 298867 5636177
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 50.842294, 0.143052
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 50° 50′ 32.26″ N, 0° 8′ 34.99″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
REFERENCES
- Harrison, Frederick, Notes on Sussex churches, Hove: Combridges, 1920, p. 179
- Whiteman, Ken, Ancient Churches of Suffolk, Seaford, East Sussex: S.B. Publications, 1998, p. 137