Michaelchurch nr. Hereford No. 1

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Image copyright © Philip Pankhurst, 2016

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design element - architectural - arcade - blind - round arches - intersecting arches

notice the anchoring point for the font cover at the upper rim
Scene Description: notice the anchoring point for the font cover at the upper rim
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Philip Pankhurst, 2016
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph taken 25 September 2016 by Philip Pankhurst [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/5139619] [accessed 17 May 2018]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-2.0

design element - motifs - chevron - nested chevrons

on one of the sides; seen here on the right side
Scene Description: on one of the sides; seen here on the right side
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © H.M.S.O., 1931-1934
Image Source: Herefordshire (1931-1934, vol. I: p.l. 38)
Copyright Instructions: No known copyright restriction – Fair Dealing

design element - motifs - interlace

not very successful; as if the carver were trying it for the first time
Scene Description: not very successful; as if the carver were trying it for the first time
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Timothy Marlow, 2002
Image Source: B&W version of a digital photograph taken 7 April 2002 by Timothy Marlow
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received

design element - motifs - moulding - parallel

very faint now, but still discernible on the stem
Scene Description: very faint now, but still discernible on the stem
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Philip Pankhurst, 2016
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph taken 25 September 2016 by Philip Pankhurst [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/5139619] [accessed 17 May 2018]
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design element - patterns - diaper

or inscribed dog-tooth, or saltire crosses
Scene Description: or inscribed dog-tooth, or saltire crosses
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Philip Pankhurst, 2016
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph taken 25 September 2016 by Philip Pankhurst [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/5139619] [accessed 17 May 2018]
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design element - patterns - honeycomb

on one of the sides; seen here to the left of the nested chevrons
Scene Description: on one of the sides; seen here to the left of the nested chevrons
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © H.M.S.O., 1931-1934
Image Source: Herefordshire (1931-1934, vol. I: p.l. 38)
Copyright Instructions: No known copyright restriction – Fair Dealing

view of church exterior - north portal - detail

Source caption: "Tympanum, Michaelchurch. Over what was the old north door to the church of St Michael the Archangel. A window dating from the 1909 repairs now replaces the upper part of the door space."
Scene Description: Source caption: "Tympanum, Michaelchurch. Over what was the old north door to the church of St Michael the Archangel. A window dating from the 1909 repairs now replaces the upper part of the door space."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Bob Embleton, 2013
Image Source: digital photograph taken 6 April 2013 by Bob Embleton [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/3398752] [accessed 9 February 2015]
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view of church exterior - northwest view

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Jonathan Billinger, 2008
Image Source: digital photograph taken 28 August 2008 by Jonathan Billinger [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/946925] [accessed 9 February 2015]
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view of church exterior - southeast view

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Bob Embleton, 2013
Image Source: digital photograph taken 6 April 2013 by Bob Embleton [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/3398776] [accessed 9 February 2015]
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view of church interior - nave - looking east

Source caption: "St Michael the Archangel (interior), Michaelchurch. Parts date from the 11th century, but much building took place in the 13th century. The wall painting dates from the 13th century with masonry lines and consecration crosses beside the altar."
Scene Description: Source caption: "St Michael the Archangel (interior), Michaelchurch. Parts date from the 11th century, but much building took place in the 13th century. The wall painting dates from the 13th century with masonry lines and consecration crosses beside the altar."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Bob Embleton, 2013
Image Source: digital photograph taken 6 April 2013 by Bob Embleton [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/3398790] [accessed 9 February 2015]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-2.0

view of church interior - nave - looking west

with the old font at the far [west] end -- Source caption: "View from the pulpit. Note the surviving 13th century painted decoration in the form of masonry lines."
Scene Description: with the old font at the far [west] end -- Source caption: "View from the pulpit. Note the surviving 13th century painted decoration in the form of masonry lines."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Jonathan Billinger, 2008
Image Source: digital photograph taken 28 August 2008 by Jonathan Billinger [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/946941] [accessed 9 February 2015]
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view of font and cover

Source caption: "Norman font, 12th century. Pevsner writes: "Of tub shape with characteristically undisciplined motifs, e.g. a knot frieze which suddenly for a bit changes to zigzag. Above this frieze saltire crosses, and above them interlaced arches.""
Scene Description: Source caption: "Norman font, 12th century. Pevsner writes: "Of tub shape with characteristically undisciplined motifs, e.g. a knot frieze which suddenly for a bit changes to zigzag. Above this frieze saltire crosses, and above them interlaced arches.""
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Pauline E, 2008
Image Source: digital photograph taken 2 September 2008 by Pauline E [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/948136] [accessed 9 February 2015]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-2.0

view of font and cover

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Philip Pankhurst, 2016
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph taken 25 September 2016 by Philip Pankhurst [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/5139619] [accessed 17 May 2018]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-2.0

INFORMATION

FontID: 09620MIC
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Michael
Church Patron Saints: St. Michael
Church Location: Michaelchurch, Ross On Wye, Herefordshire, HR2 8LD
Country Name: England
Location: Herefordshire, West Midlands
Directions to Site: Located off (W) the A49/A4137, about 15 km SSE of Hereford
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Hereford
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the W end of the nave
Century and Period: 12th century, Norman
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Timothy Marlow for his photographs of this font
Font Notes:
No entry for Michaelchurch found in the Domesday survey. A font here is described and illustrated in Herefordshire (1931-1934, vol. I: xlii, 239 and pl. 38): "tapering cylindrical bowl with band of simple interlacing arches at top, and below, bands of diaper work, interlacing and cheveron [sic] ornament, plus round stem, 12th-century". The two lower levels of the base are square at top and round below. [cf. Index entry for Michaelchurch No. 2 for an old Roman altar now used as holy-water stoup]

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 51.926132, -2.696819
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 51° 55′ 34.07″ N, 2° 41′ 48.55″ W
UTM: 30U 520848 5752866

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Number of Pieces: three?
Font Shape: bucket-shaped (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round

LID INFORMATION

Date: modern?
Material: wood, oak?
Apparatus: no
Notes: round, flat and plain; appears modern

REFERENCES

Great Britain. Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Herefordshire, London: H.M. Stationary Office, 1931-1934