Cowley nr. Cheltenham / Kulege
Image copyright © Duncan & Mandy Ball, 2003
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Results: 8 records
design element - motifs - chevron - nested chevrons
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Duncan & Mandy Ball, 2003
Image Source: detail of a photograph taken October 2003 by Duncan & Mandy Ball
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design element - motifs - foliage?
Scene Description: in the spandrels of the zig-zag
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Duncan & Mandy Ball, 2003
Image Source: digital photograph taken October 2003 by Duncan & Mandy Ball
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design element - motifs - zigzag
Scene Description: a band of; with motifs in the spandrels
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Duncan & Mandy Ball, 2003
Image Source: detail of a photograph taken October 2003 by Duncan & Mandy Ball
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view of basin
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: digital image of an Illustration in Daubeny (1921)
Copyright Instructions: PD
view of church exterior - south view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © John Wilkes, 2007
Image Source: digital photograph by John Wilkes, 2007 [www.allthecotswolds.com]
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view of church interior - nave - looking west
Scene Description: the font and cover are located at the west end, south side, between the organ and the last pews of the south row
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Duncan & Mandy Ball, 2003
Image Source: photograph taken October 2003 by Duncan & Mandy Ball
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view of font
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Duncan & Mandy Ball, 2003
Image Source: photograph taken October 2003 by Duncan & Mandy Ball
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view of font and cover
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © John Wilkes, 2007
Image Source: digital photograph by John Wilkes, 2007 [www.allthecotswolds.com]
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INFORMATION
FontID: 10229COW
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Mary
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin
Church Location: Unnamed Road, Cheltenham GL53 9NL, UK
Country Name: England
Location: Gloucestershire, South West
Directions to Site: Located off the A417 (N), 8-9 km S of Cheltenham, 15 km E of Gloucester [NB: the church is in the grounds of Cowley Manor]
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Gloucester
Historical Region: Hundred of Rapsgate
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the W end, S side
Century and Period: 12th century [basin only], Medieval [composite]
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to John Wilkes, of www.allthecotswolds.com, and to Duncan & Mandy Ball, of www.oodwooc.co.uk, for their photographs of church and font
Font Notes:
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There is an entry for this Cowley [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [https://opendomesday.org/place/SO9614/cowley/] [accessed 29 January 2019] but it mentions neither cleric nor church in it. Illustration in Daubeny (1921) Noted in Verey & Brooks (1999-2002): "Font. Norman circular bowl with an unusual band of decoration round the top, consisting of a series of triangles each containing two lozenges fastened together near the apex. At the bottom of the bowl four chevrons placed opposite each other. C19 stem and base." The entry for this church in Historic England [Listing NGR: SO9651414651] notes: "Anglican parish church, c1200, C13, C15, restored 1872 [...] C12 circular limestone font with a decorative band with zig-zag motif around its outer margin and traces of an incised triangular decoration to its base which has now been cut away and replaced by a C19 octagonal stone base."
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 51.83077, -2.0514
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 51° 49′ 50.77″ N, 2° 3′ 5.04″ W
UTM: 30U 565366 5742642
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
LID INFORMATION
Date: modern
Material: wood
Apparatus: no
Notes: Octagonal, with three low steps and knob handle [appears to have a dedicatory plate on its upper surface]
REFERENCES
Daubeny, Ulric, Ancient Cotswold Churches, Cheltenham: J. Burrow, 1921
Verey, David, Gloucestershire, London: Penguin Books, 1999-2002