Beckley / Beckley nr. Rye

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design element - motifs - groove

Scene Description: on the top surface, for the font cover

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Image Source: B&W photograph taken 22 April 1989 in the Corpus of Romanesque Sculpture in Britain and Ireland (2008) [http://www.crsbi.ac.uk/search/county/site/ed-sx-beckl.html] [accessed 20 February 2010]

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design element - patterns - fluted

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Image Source: B&W photograph taken 22 April 1989 in the Corpus of Romanesque Sculpture in Britain and Ireland (2008) [http://www.crsbi.ac.uk/search/county/site/ed-sx-beckl.html] [accessed 20 February 2010]

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design element - patterns - fluted

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Image Source: B&W photograph taken 22 April 1989 in the Corpus of Romanesque Sculpture in Britain and Ireland (2008) [http://www.crsbi.ac.uk/search/county/site/ed-sx-beckl.html] [accessed 20 February 2010]

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view of basin - fragment

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Image Source: B&W photograph taken 22 April 1989 in the Corpus of Romanesque Sculpture in Britain and Ireland (2008) [http://www.crsbi.ac.uk/search/county/site/ed-sx-beckl.html] [accessed 20 February 2010]

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view of basin - fragment

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © The British Academy & Kathryn A Morrison, 2008

Image Source: B&W photograph taken 22 April 1989 in the Corpus of Romanesque Sculpture in Britain and Ireland (2008) [http://www.crsbi.ac.uk/search/county/site/ed-sx-beckl.html] [accessed 20 February 2010]

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view of church exterior - southeast view

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Mark Collins, 2004

Image Source: digital photograph taken 29 August 2004 by Mark Collins [http://www.roughwood.net/ChurchAlbum/EastSussex/Beckley/BeckleyAllSaints2004.htm] [accessed 20 February 2010]

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INFORMATION

FontID: 07301BEC
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of All Saints
Church Patron Saints: All Saints
Church Location: Church Lane, Beckley, East Sussex TN31 6RS
Country Name: England
Location: East Sussex, South East
Directions to Site: Located 10 km WNW of Rye
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Chichester
Historical Region: Sussex
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the W end of the S aisle
Date: ca. 1175?
Century and Period: 12th century, Late Norman
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Mark Colins, of www.roughwood.net, for his photograph of this church
Harrison (1920) does not mention a font in this church, but he does note a holy-water stoup without giving a date for it. The remains of the old font are catalogued and illustrated in the CRSBI (2008): "The present font is 18thc., but fragments of its 12thc. predecessor survive in the church [...] Located at the W end of the S aisle. Fragmentary angle of Bethesden (Sussex) marble bowl which was originally rectangular or square externally and ovoid (?) internally. Each face is fluted; there is no trace of carving on the worn spandrel [...] There is no comparable font in Sussex, as arcading was always more popular than fluting. A fluted Sussex marble capital from Battle Abbey cloister can be dated c.1160-70, providing some guidance for the date for this font (c.1175?)"

COORDINATES

UTM: 31U 334374 5651364

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, limestone (Bethesden marble)
Number of Pieces: [fragment]
Font Shape: square (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: square
Notes on Measurements: [CRSBI: H=20.5 x W=34.5 x D=37 cm]

REFERENCES

Corpus of Romanesque Sculpture in Britain and Ireland, The Corpus of Romanesque Sculpture in Britain and Ireland, The Corpus of Romanesque Sculpture in Britain and Ireland. Accessed: 2002-12-16 00:00:00. URL: http://www.crsbi.ac.uk.
Harrison, Frederick, Notes on Sussex churches, Hove: Combridges, 1920