Foy No. 2
Results: 5 records
view of font and cover
design element - architectural - arcade - blind - trefoiled arches - 20
Scene Description: two on each panel of the decagonal basin
view of font and cover in context
Scene Description: viewed through the chancel screen, at the west end of the nave
design element - motifs - roll moulding
design element - motifs - roll moulding - graded
INFORMATION
Font ID: 09631FOY
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 14th century (late?) [basin only] [composite font], late Medieval / composite
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Mary
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the nave
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary the Virgin
Church Address: Foy, Herefordshire HR9 6QY
Site Location: Herefordshire, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located 5 km N of Ross
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Hereford
Additional Comments: altered font? (stem and base said to be a modern replacement [cf. FontNotes])
Font Notes:
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No entry found for Foy in the Domesday survey. Herefordshire (1931-1934, vol. I: 66) notes this as the newer of two fonts in this church; this one, an "octagonal bowl, each face with three threfoil-headed panels, splayed underside, late 14th-century, stem and base modern", located in the nave [NB: the basin is actually decagonal, not octagonal] [cf. Index entry for Foy No. 1 for an earlier basin kept in the chancel of this church]
COORDINATES
UTM: 30U 528388 5755760
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 51.951816, -2.586922
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 51° 57′ 6.54″ N, 2° 35′ 12.92″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Number of Pieces: three
Font Shape: decagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: decagonal
LID INFORMATION
Date: modern
Material: wood
Apparatus: no
Notes: decagonal, flat and plain; 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, vol. I: p. 66