Beckley / Beckley nr. Rye
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view of church exterior - southeast view
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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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design element - motifs - groove
Scene Description: on the top surface, for the font cover
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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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
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 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 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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INFORMATION
Font ID: 07301BEC
Object Type: Baptismal Font1, fragment
Font Date: ca. 1175?
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th century, Late Norman
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of All Saints
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the W end of the S aisle
Church Patron Saint(s): All Saints
Church Address: Church Lane, Beckley, East Sussex TN31 6RS
Site Location: East Sussex, South East, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located 10 km WNW of Rye
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Chichester
Historical Region: Sussex
Additional Comments: broken font / fragment
Font Notes:
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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?)"
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Mark Colins, of www.roughwood.net, for his photograph of this church
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. URL: http://www.crsbi.ac.uk.
- Harrison, Frederick, Notes on Sussex churches, Hove: Combridges, 1920, p. 60