Grosmont nr. Monmouth
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design element - motifs - circle - 8
Scene Description: notice the fresh cement joining the basin and base
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design element - motifs - rope moulding
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view of church exterior - southeast view
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view of church interior - looking east
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view of font and cover
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view of font and cover in context
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INFORMATION
FontID: 06988GRO
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Nicholas
Church Patron Saints: St. Nicholas of Myra
Church Location: Grosmont, B4347, Abergavenny NP7 8LW, UK
Country Name: Wales
Location: Monmouthshire
Directions to Site: Located off (S) the B4347, 16 km N of Monmouth, 18-20 km NNW of Abergavenny
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Monmouth
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the W end
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Medieval
Church Notes: present church 13thC; re-built 19thC
Font Notes:
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No individual entry for Grosmont found in the Domesday survey. A Norman font in this church is reported in Lewis' Dictionary of 1848 and in Kelly's Directory of 1901. Listed in Cox & Harvey (1907) as a baptismal font of the Norman period. The CADW [http://cadwpublic-api.azurewebsites.net/reports/listedbuilding/FullReport?lang=en&id=1947] [accessed 27 September 2019] report notes: "The great C13 cruciform church has been described as a miniature cathedral and its large size marks the important standing of Grosmont during the early medieval period. The tradition that Grosmont church was started by Brian de Wallingford in the C12 and was completed by a French architect employed by Eleanor of Provence, wife of Henry III, seems to have no documentary basis. [...] Font, probably early C12: octagonal bowl with roundels on each face, single band of cable moulding and drum pedestal." Despite the above datings the font could very well be of the same date as the original church itself.
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 51.914, -2.8668
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 51° 54′ 50.4″ N, 2° 52′ 0.48″ W
UTM: 30U 509162 5751482
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, limestone?
Number of Pieces: two
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
LID INFORMATION
Date: modern
Material: wood, oak?
Apparatus: no
Notes: octagonal and flat with metal decoration and ring handle
REFERENCES
Cox, John Charles, English Church Furniture, New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1907
Kelly, Kelly's Directory for Monmouthshire, London: Kelly's Directories Ltd., 1901
Lewis, Samuel, A Topographical Dictionary of England, Comprising the Several Counties, Cities, Boroughs, Corporate and Market Towns, Parishes, Chapelries, and Townships, and the Islands of Guernsy, Jersey, and Man, with Historical and Statistical Descriptions [...], London: S. Lewis, 1831