Vellereille-les-Sec
INFORMATION
Font ID: 09564VEL
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Church / Chapel Name: Église Saint-Amand de Vellereille-les-Sec
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Amand [aka Amandus]
Church Address: Av. des Tilleuls 1, 7120 Estinnes, Belgium -- Tel.: +32 65 58 65 30
Site Location: Hainaut / Henegouwen, Wallonie / Wallonne, Belgium, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off (N) the N563, 12-13 km SE of Mons
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Tournai
Font Notes:
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Baptismal font of the 16th century listed and illustrated in BALaT KIK-IRPA [https://balat.kikirpa.be/object/10051046] [accessed 9 August 2025]: "fonts baptismaux [...] pierre [...] Date: 1501 (*) - 1600 (*) [...] hauteur: 91 cm". The font consists of a roughly-hemispherical basin raised on a square pedestal base of varied volumes decorated with mouldings. The cover is a moulded dome.
COORDINATES
UTM: 31U 575141 5583840
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 50.401796, 4.057326
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 50° 24′ 6.47″ N, 4° 3′ 26.38″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: hemispheric, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Font Height (less Plinth): 91 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * BALaT KIK-IRPA [cf. FontNotes]
LID INFORMATION
Apparatus: no
Notes: moulded dome
REFERENCES
- KIK-IRPA, BALaT KIK-IRPA, 2024. URL: https://balat.kikirpa.be/.