Stanhope

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B01: design element - motifs - roll moulding - 2

INFORMATION

FontID: 09967STA
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Thomas
Church Patron Saints: St. Thomas
Country Name: England
Location: Durham, North East
Directions to Site: Located on the A639, just NW of Frosterley, 30-35 km WSW of Durham
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 10th - 11th century, Pre-Conquest? / Norman?
Murray (1873): "The (modern) font is a fine specimen of Stanhope marble from the Bishopley quarry". In Pevsner (1983): "Font. Tub with two big roll mouldings." Baptismal font of the Saxon period, according to [www.c2c-guide.co.uk/places/info_stanhope.html] [NB: more likely Norman, since the earliest part of the fabric of the church is said to be of the Norman period, probably ca. 1200]. [NB: we have no information on the whereabouts of the modern font noted in Murray above]

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

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

REFERENCES

Murray, John (the firm), A handbook for travellers in Durham and Northumberland, London: John Murray ; printed by William Clowes and Sons, 1873
Pevsner, Nikolaus, County Durham, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1983