Shrewsbury No. 1 / Pengwern

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this font does not match Newman & Pevsner (2006) description of the font originall from High Ercall
Scene Description: this font does not match Newman & Pevsner (2006) description of the font originall from High Ercall
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Shrewsbury Museums Service, 2003
Image Source: Lantern Slide, Shrewsbury Museums Service (SHYMS: P/2006/0252)
Copyright Instructions: PERMISSION NOT AVAILABLE -- IMAGE NOT FOR PUBLIC USE

INFORMATION

Font ID: 07010SHR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th century, Norman
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Giles
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Giles [aka Aegidus, Egidus, Gilles]
Site Location: Shropshire, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located 40 km W of Wolverhampton. The church is located on Wenlock Road
Additional Comments: damaged font
Font Notes:
Listed in Cox & Harvey (1907) as a baptismal font of the Norman period in St. Giles'. Recorded in a lantern slide at the Shrewsbury Museums Service (SHYMS: P/2006/0252); the black & white image from the latter source is roughly cylindrical in shape, with a band of beaded tape below the upper rim, a rope moulding below, an interlace or braid combined with piping below that, and one row of irregular intersecting inverted arches; below this point the sides appear either blank, or have lost whatever decoration may have been there before; it is raised on a round-to-square lower base that appears modern, though it is damaged.

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: cylindrical, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round

REFERENCES

  • Cox, John Charles, English Church Furniture, New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1907, p. 215
  • Newman, John, Shropshire, New Haven: Yale University Press, 2006
  • Poole, George Ayliffe, The Appropriate Character of Church Architecture, Leeds; London: T.W. Green; Rivington, Burns, and Houlston and Stoneman, 1842, p. 79