Offham nr. Lewes

INFORMATION

Font ID: 06594OFF
Object Type: Baptismal Font1, fragment
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th century, Medieval [composite]
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church
Font Location in Church: [disappeared]
Site Location: East Sussex, South East, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Offham is located just N of Lewes
Additional Comments: recycled font: the fragments of the font were used to form the concrete in the building of a BULL PEN! -- lost font [cf. Font notes]
Font Notes:
Fragments of a baptismal font -probably of the 12th century- existed at St. Olave's Well, in the parish of Offham, near Lewes, on Allington farm; these fragments, as well as other stones of a 12th-century (?) chapel, were dug out and used by the then [ca. 1950?] owner in the composition of the concrete for the new bull pen he was building. [source: a letter from Andrew Fayle, of Horam, Sussex, on St Olave's Well, appearing in "Notes & Queries", compiled by Mark Valentine - www.bath.ac.uk/lispring/sourcearchive/fs2/fs2mv2.htm]

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Number of Pieces: fragment