Sollers Hope

INFORMATION

FontID: 09690SOL
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Michael
Church Patron Saints: St. Michael
Country Name: England
Location: Herefordshire, West Midlands
Directions to Site: Located 10 km N of Ross
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Date: 1120?
Century and Period: 12th century / 13th century, Norman
Described in the inventory of Herefordshire (1931-1934, vol. II: 169): "Font: plain tapering cylindrical bowl, with chamfered top edge and vertical tooling, probably 13th-century." The Historic Churches Preservation Trust, however, describes it as "an original Norman font dating to 1120" [source: 'Recent Grants' issue of the Grants Cttee. Meeting of 22 June 2004, www.historicchurches.org.uk]

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: bucket-shaped
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round

REFERENCES

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