Orp-le-Grand No. 2 / Oû-l'-Grand

INFORMATION

FontID: 09506ORP
Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale Sainte-Adèle-et-Saint-Martin d'Orp-le-Grand
Church Patron Saints: St. Martin of Tours & St. Adele
Church Location: Rue Jules Hagnoul 24, 1350 Orp-Jauche, Belgium -- Tel.: +32 19 63 31 39
Country Name: Belgium
Location: Hainaut / Henegouwen, Wallonie / Wallonne
Directions to Site: Located off the N279, S of the E40, in the municipality and just N of Orp-Jauche
Ecclesiastic Region: Archdiocèse de Mechelen-Brussels
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 16th - 17th century,
Holy-water stoup of the 16th century listed in BALaT KIK-IRPA [https://balat.kikirpa.be/object/10044301] [accessed 30 March 2024]: "bénitier [...] pierre [...] Date: 1501 - 1600 [...] hauteur: 107 cm". Described in the Monuments et Sites classés web page [www.www.orp-jauche.be] as a holy-water stoup of the 16th-17th century made of blue stone ["pierre bleue"], a reference to the blue-black limestone often called 'Tournai marble'. [cf. Index entry for Orp-le-Grand No. 1 for a baptismal font of the same date and material in this church]

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 50.703220, 4.991230
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 50° 42' 11.6" N, 4° 59' 28.4" E

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, limestone (black and blue) (Tournai marble)
Font Height (less Plinth): 107 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * KIK-IRPA

REFERENCES

KIK-IRPA, BALaT KIK-IRPA, 2024. Accessed: 2024-03-30 00:00:00. URL: https://balat.kikirpa.be/.