Houdeng-Goegnies / Gôgnere / Goineis / Houdeng-Gœgnies

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view of church exterior - northwest view

Image Source: digital image of 1972 B&W photograph [cliché M091471] in BALaT KIK-IRPA [https://balat.kikirpa.be/object/10036993] [accessed 4 January 2024]

Copyright Instructions: Reproduced in accordance with KIK-IRPA guidelines / CC-BY-4.0

view of font and cover

Scene Description: notice the old base

Image Source: digital image of 1972 B&W photograph [cliché M091481] in BALaT KIK-IRPA [https://balat.kikirpa.be/object/10037017] [accessed 4 January 2024]

Copyright Instructions: Reproduced in accordance with KIK-IRPA guidelines / CC-BY-4.0

view of font and cover

Scene Description: the lower base of the font has been replaced here -- compare it to the base showing in the KIK-IRPA photograph of 1972

Image Source: digtal photograph in Opem Churches [https://openchurches.eu/en/churches/saint-gery-la-louviere] [accessed 4 January 2024]

Copyright Instructions: PERMISSION NOT AVAILABLE – IMAGE NOT FOR PUBLIC USE

INFORMATION

FontID: 09466HOU

Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale Saint-Géry

Church Location: Place de Goegnies, 7110 Houdeng-Goegnies (La Louvière), Belgium

Country Name: Belgium

Location: Hainaut / Henegouwen, Wallonie / Wallonne

Directions to Site: Located off (S) the E19, 4 km ESE of Roeulx, in the municipality and 4 km NW of La Louvière, 20-25 km E of Mons

Font Location in Church: Inside the new neo-Gothic church

Century and Period: 16th century, Late Gothic

Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Pol Herman for his help documenting this font

Church Notes: first church here mentioned in 1119; present church of 1905 replaced an earlier one of 1779 that was demolished at the time; the tower was from 1576

Font Notes: Click to view font notes

The entry for this church in Open Churches [https://openchurches.eu/en/churches/saint-gery-la-louviere] [accessed 4 January 2024] reports a baptismal font of the 16th century in it, originally from the earlier church, now in the new church: "The base dates back to the 16th century (Gothic, carboniferous limestone)." Listed and illustrated in BALaT KIK-IRPA [https://balat.kikirpa.be/object/10037017] [accessed 4 January 2024]: "fonts baptismaux [...] gothique [...] Date: 1501 - 1600 [...] pierre calcaire [...] hauteur: 98 cm [...] couvercle en laiton: 45 cm [...] Date: 1901 - 1910."

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 50.487986, 4.157530

Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 50° 29' 16.8" N, 4° 9' 27.1" E

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, limestone

Font Shape: hexagonal (mounted)

Basin Interior Shape: round

Basin Exterior Shape: hexagonal

Font Height (less Plinth): 98 cm*

Notes on Measurements: * [cf. FontNotes]

LID INFORMATION

Date: 1910

Material: metal, brass

Apparatus: no

Notes: dome-shaped with orb-and-cross finial