Elkstone / Elchestane

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design element - motifs - floral - in a quatrefoil - in a circle - in a square - 8

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Hugh Llewelyn, 2016
Image Source: Source caption: "Pictured is the 15th Century font in typical Gloucestershire style."
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design element - motifs - floral - square flower - 8

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Hugh Llewelyn, 2016
Image Source: Source caption: "Pictured is the 15th Century font in typical Gloucestershire style."
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design element - motifs - moulding

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Hugh Llewelyn, 2016
Image Source: Source caption: "Pictured is the 15th Century font in typical Gloucestershire style."
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design element - motifs - moulding - parallel

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Hugh Llewelyn, 2016
Image Source: Source caption: "Pictured is the 15th Century font in typical Gloucestershire style."
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design element - motifs - panel - rectangular - 8

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Hugh Llewelyn, 2016
Image Source: Source caption: "Pictured is the 15th Century font in typical Gloucestershire style."
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view of church exterior - north view - detail

Source caption: "Pictured is the columbarium (dovecot) on the north wall where the original Norman central tower once stood until it collapsed in the 13th Century."
Scene Description: Source caption: "Pictured is the columbarium (dovecot) on the north wall where the original Norman central tower once stood until it collapsed in the 13th Century."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Hugh Llewelyn, 2016
Image Source: digital photograph taken 7 September 2016 by Hugh Llewelyn [www.flickr.com/photos/58433307@N08/29854761572] [accessed 30 January 2019]
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view of church exterior - south portal

Source caption: "Pictured is the Norman (1160) south doorway, once open but enclosed by the 13yh Century porch."
Scene Description: Source caption: "Pictured is the Norman (1160) south doorway, once open but enclosed by the 13yh Century porch."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Hugh Llewelyn, 2016
Image Source: digital photograph taken 7 September 2016 by Hugh Llewelyn [www.flickr.com/photos/58433307@N08/29675107130] [accessed 30 January 2019]
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view of church exterior - south portal - archivolt - detail

Source caption: "Elkstone, the church of St. John the Evangelist: Norman tympanum in the south porch. A selection of beakheads above the tympanum. A snake looks at a lion while it eats its own tail."
Scene Description: Source caption: "Elkstone, the church of St. John the Evangelist: Norman tympanum in the south porch. A selection of beakheads above the tympanum. A snake looks at a lion while it eats its own tail."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Michael Garlick, 2018
Image Source: digital photograph taken 1 June 2018 by Michael Garlick [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/5806176] [accessed 30 January 2019]
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view of church exterior - south portal - capital

Source caption: "Pictured is one of the Norman (1160) beakheads of the south doorway capitals. The two are said to have represented the founder, Richard of Cormeilles, and his wife. I think this one is the former."
Scene Description: Source caption: "Pictured is one of the Norman (1160) beakheads of the south doorway capitals. The two are said to have represented the founder, Richard of Cormeilles, and his wife. I think this one is the former."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Hugh Llewelyn, 2016
Image Source: digital photograph taken 7 September 2016 by Hugh Llewelyn [www.flickr.com/photos/58433307@N08/29675105370] [accessed 30 January 2019]
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view of church exterior - south portal - capital

Source caption: "Pictured is one of the Norman (1160) beakheads of the south doorway capitals. The two are said to have represented the founder, Richard of Cormeilles, and his wife. I think this one is the wife! "
Scene Description: Source caption: "Pictured is one of the Norman (1160) beakheads of the south doorway capitals. The two are said to have represented the founder, Richard of Cormeilles, and his wife. I think this one is the wife! "
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Hugh Llewelyn, 2016
Image Source: digital photograph taken 7 September 2016 by Hugh Llewelyn [www.flickr.com/photos/58433307@N08/29854753902] [accessed 30 January 2019]
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view of church exterior - south portal - detail

Source caption: "Pictured is the arch and tympanum, showing Christ in Majesty, of the Norman (1160) south doorway."
Scene Description: Source caption: "Pictured is the arch and tympanum, showing Christ in Majesty, of the Norman (1160) south doorway."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Hugh Llewelyn, 2016
Image Source: digital photograph taken 7 September 2016 by Hugh Llewelyn [www.flickr.com/photos/58433307@N08/29341976163] [accessed 30 January 2019]
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view of church exterior - south portal - tympanum

Source caption: "Pictured is the arch and tympanum, showing Christ in Majesty, of the Norman (1160) south doorway."
Scene Description: Source caption: "Pictured is the arch and tympanum, showing Christ in Majesty, of the Norman (1160) south doorway."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Hugh Llewelyn, 2016
Image Source: digital photograph taken 7 September 2016 by Hugh Llewelyn [www.flickr.com/photos/58433307@N08/29341346534] [accessed 30 January 2019]
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view of church exterior - southeast view

Source caption: "12th Century Norman (1160) nave and chancel, 13th Century Early English porch and 15th Century Perpendicular tower which replaced the original Norman central tower when it collapsed in the 13th Century. The church was restored in 1850."
Scene Description: Source caption: "12th Century Norman (1160) nave and chancel, 13th Century Early English porch and 15th Century Perpendicular tower which replaced the original Norman central tower when it collapsed in the 13th Century. The church was restored in 1850."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Hugh Llewelyn, 2016
Image Source: digital photograph taken 7 September 2016 by Hugh Llewelyn [www.flickr.com/photos/58433307@N08/29341989453] [accessed 30 January 2019]
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view of church interior - chancel arch - south side - label stop

Source caption: "Pictured is the Dragonhead stop on one end of the Norman (1160) chancel arch."
Scene Description: Source caption: "Pictured is the Dragonhead stop on one end of the Norman (1160) chancel arch."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Hugh Llewelyn, 2016
Image Source: digital photograph taken 7 September 2016 by Hugh Llewelyn [www.flickr.com/photos/58433307@N08/29885520381 [accessed 30 January 2019]
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view of church interior - chancel arch and east end

Source caption: "Pictured is the Norman (1160) chancel arches and cross-vaulted bay where the central tower had been located before it collapsed in the 13th Century."
Scene Description: Source caption: "Pictured is the Norman (1160) chancel arches and cross-vaulted bay where the central tower had been located before it collapsed in the 13th Century."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Hugh Llewelyn, 2016
Image Source: digital photograph taken 7 September 2016 by Hugh Llewelyn [www.flickr.com/photos/58433307@N08/29854738692 [accessed 30 January 2019]
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view of church interior - nave - looking east

Source caption: "Pictured is the Norman (1160) nave and chancel with 18th Century box pews."
Scene Description: Source caption: "Pictured is the Norman (1160) nave and chancel with 18th Century box pews."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Hugh Llewelyn, 2016
Image Source: digital photograph taken 7 September 2016 by Hugh Llewelyn [www.flickr.com/photos/58433307@N08/29854730952] [accessed 30 January 2019]
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view of church interior - nave - looking west

Source caption: "Pictured is the Norman (1160) nave looking towards the west tower and window. The box pews are 18th Century."
Scene Description: Source caption: "Pictured is the Norman (1160) nave looking towards the west tower and window. The box pews are 18th Century."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Hugh Llewelyn, 2016
Image Source: digital photograph taken 7 September 2016 by Hugh Llewelyn [www.flickr.com/photos/58433307@N08/29885523681] [accessed 30 January 2019]
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view of font and cover

Source caption: "Pictured is the 15th Century font in typical Gloucestershire style."
Scene Description: Source caption: "Pictured is the 15th Century font in typical Gloucestershire style."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Hugh Llewelyn, 2016
Image Source: Source caption: "Pictured is the 15th Century font in typical Gloucestershire style."
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INFORMATION

FontID: 06736ELK
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. John the Evangelist
Church Patron Saints: St. John the Evangelist
Church Location: Elkstone, Cheltenham GL53 9PD, UK
Country Name: England
Location: Gloucestershire, South West
Directions to Site: Located just E of the A417, 13 km ESE of Gloucester, 11 km S of Cheltenham. 13 km NW of Cirencester
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Gloucester
Historical Region: Hundred of Rapsgate
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 14th - 15th century, Late Decorated? / Early Perpendicular?
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to John Wilkes, of www.allthecotswolds.com, for his photographs of church and font.
Church Notes: church well worth a visit: great late-Norman work of ca. 1160? [cf. CRSBI entry for details, photos, etc.]
Font Notes:
There is an entry for Elkstone [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [https://opendomesday.org/place/SO9612/elkstone/] [accessed 30 January 2019] but it mentions neither cleric nor church in it. Cox & Harvey (1907) note the baptismal font here, a "handsome example of the close of the 14th cent", a noteworthy example from the Decorated period. The entry for this parish in the Victoria County History (Gloucester, vol. 7, 1981) notes: "The church at Elkstone dates from the later 12th century. [...] Although small the church is notable for its sculptural decoration, including that of the corbel table and the south doorway, which has a carved tympanum depicting Christ in Majesty. [...] The church has an octagonal font of the 15th century." Noted in Verey & Brooks (1999-2002): "Font. C15. Octagonal bowl with a quatrefoil on each face; good, and typical of Gloucestershire." [NB: the original church dated to the Norman period, but we have no information of the earlier font]

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 51.8089, -2.049
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 51° 48′ 32.04″ N, 2° 2′ 56.4″ W
UTM: 30U 565564 5740212

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal

LID INFORMATION

Material: wood, oak?
Apparatus: no
Notes: octagonal, with rounded [crown?] upper level; appears modern

REFERENCES

Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. Accessed: 2019-01-30 00:00:00. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.
Cox, John Charles, English Church Furniture, New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1907
Verey, David, Gloucestershire, London: Penguin Books, 1999-2002