Barton-on-Humber No. 1 / Barton-upon-Humber / Bertone

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view of church exterior - north view

Source caption: "The church actually consists of two churches joined lengthways, the western church dates back to the ninth century with a 10th century tower, and is one of the earliest remains of Saxon architecture. The chancel was demolished to make way for the later church. The Saxon church consisted of three parts, the central part being the tower which served as a nave. To the west was a baptistery, and to the east there was a chancel. The church was enlarged around the time of the Conquest and a bell stage was added to the tower. The Saxo-Norman nave, chancel, and apsoidal sanctuary were added in the late 11th century. Soon after, aisles were added and later enlarged. The chancel was rebuilt in the 15th century, and the clerestory was added to the nave. The south arcade dates from the 14th century and is of five bays, although this was reduced to four with the building of the chancel, the original sanctuary being replaced. The north arcade is decorated with some reused 13th century material. There are several 14th century grotesques and human heads which form label stops to the arcades.[...] There were major restorations in the mid 18th century and in 1858, with further restoration by Fowler in 1897 [...] The church was closed in 1970 and is now in the care of English Heritage. Extensive excavation was conducted between 1978 and 1984. The churchyard is reputed to have over 2800 burials."
Scene Description: Source caption: "The church actually consists of two churches joined lengthways, the western church dates back to the ninth century with a 10th century tower, and is one of the earliest remains of Saxon architecture. The chancel was demolished to make way for the later church. The Saxon church consisted of three parts, the central part being the tower which served as a nave. To the west was a baptistery, and to the east there was a chancel. The church was enlarged around the time of the Conquest and a bell stage was added to the tower. The Saxo-Norman nave, chancel, and apsoidal sanctuary were added in the late 11th century. Soon after, aisles were added and later enlarged. The chancel was rebuilt in the 15th century, and the clerestory was added to the nave. The south arcade dates from the 14th century and is of five bays, although this was reduced to four with the building of the chancel, the original sanctuary being replaced. The north arcade is decorated with some reused 13th century material. There are several 14th century grotesques and human heads which form label stops to the arcades.[...] There were major restorations in the mid 18th century and in 1858, with further restoration by Fowler in 1897 [...] The church was closed in 1970 and is now in the care of English Heritage. Extensive excavation was conducted between 1978 and 1984. The churchyard is reputed to have over 2800 burials."
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view of church exterior - south view

Source caption: "The church actually consists of two churches joined lengthways, the western church dates back to the ninth century with a 10th century tower, and is one of the earliest remains of Saxon architecture. The chancel was demolished to make way for the later church. The Saxon church consisted of three parts, the central part being the tower which served as a nave. To the west was a baptistery, and to the east there was a chancel. The church was enlarged around the time of the Conquest and a bell stage was added to the tower. The Saxo-Norman nave, chancel, and apsoidal sanctuary were added in the late 11th century. Soon after, aisles were added and later enlarged. The chancel was rebuilt in the 15th century, and the clerestory was added to the nave. The south arcade dates from the 14th century and is of five bays, although this was reduced to four with the building of the chancel, the original sanctuary being replaced. The north arcade is decorated with some reused 13th century material. There are several 14th century grotesques and human heads which form label stops to the arcades.[...] There were major restorations in the mid 18th century and in 1858, with further restoration by Fowler in 1897 [...] The church was closed in 1970 and is now in the care of English Heritage. Extensive excavation was conducted between 1978 and 1984. The churchyard is reputed to have over 2800 burials."
Scene Description: Source caption: "The church actually consists of two churches joined lengthways, the western church dates back to the ninth century with a 10th century tower, and is one of the earliest remains of Saxon architecture. The chancel was demolished to make way for the later church. The Saxon church consisted of three parts, the central part being the tower which served as a nave. To the west was a baptistery, and to the east there was a chancel. The church was enlarged around the time of the Conquest and a bell stage was added to the tower. The Saxo-Norman nave, chancel, and apsoidal sanctuary were added in the late 11th century. Soon after, aisles were added and later enlarged. The chancel was rebuilt in the 15th century, and the clerestory was added to the nave. The south arcade dates from the 14th century and is of five bays, although this was reduced to four with the building of the chancel, the original sanctuary being replaced. The north arcade is decorated with some reused 13th century material. There are several 14th century grotesques and human heads which form label stops to the arcades.[...] There were major restorations in the mid 18th century and in 1858, with further restoration by Fowler in 1897 [...] The church was closed in 1970 and is now in the care of English Heritage. Extensive excavation was conducted between 1978 and 1984. The churchyard is reputed to have over 2800 burials."
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view of church exterior - southwest end

the image on the left of the page
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Image Source: digital image of a lithograph of a drawing by A. Pugin in Britton's Chronological History of English Architecture (Paternoster Row, London: Longman, 1819) [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:St_Peter_Barton-upon-Humber_engraving_(2).jpg] [accessed 18 May 2019]
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view of church exterior - southwest end

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view of church exterior - southwest view

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view of church exterior - tower - north portal

Source caption: "St Peter's Church, Barton-upon-Humber, Lincolnshire, England. Showing bricked-up doorway in north wall of tower."
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view of church exterior - tower - north view

Source caption: "St Peter's Church, Barton-upon-Humber, Lincolnshire, England. Showing north-west corner and tower."
Scene Description: Source caption: "St Peter's Church, Barton-upon-Humber, Lincolnshire, England. Showing north-west corner and tower."
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view of church exterior - tower - south portal

Source caption: "St Peter's Church, Barton-upon-Humber, Lincolnshire, England. Showing south doorway in Saxon section of tower."
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view of church exterior - tower - south view - detail

Source caption: "St Peter's Church, Barton-upon-Humber, Lincolnshire, England. Showing windows in south wall of tower. The top section is the Norman belfry. The section below is Saxon (well, the walls, anyway)."
Scene Description: Source caption: "St Peter's Church, Barton-upon-Humber, Lincolnshire, England. Showing windows in south wall of tower. The top section is the Norman belfry. The section below is Saxon (well, the walls, anyway)."
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view of church interior - looking east

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view of church interior - looking west

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view of church interior - plan

Note the position of the font
Scene Description: Note the position of the font
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view of church interior - plan

Phase plans illustrating the changes from the 10th century #1)through the late-15th and modern (#8)
Scene Description: Phase plans illustrating the changes from the 10th century #1)through the late-15th and modern (#8)
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view of church interior - tower - detail

Source caption: "Saxon arches. Tenth century arches in the tower of St.Peter's church" -- The inner arch leads to the baptistery space beneath the tower
Scene Description: Source caption: "Saxon arches. Tenth century arches in the tower of St.Peter's church" -- The inner arch leads to the baptistery space beneath the tower
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Richard Croft, 2009
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view of church interior - tower - detail

Source caption: "Internal view from the tower of St Peter's Church, Barton-upon-Humber, west to the baptistery".
Scene Description: Source caption: "Internal view from the tower of St Peter's Church, Barton-upon-Humber, west to the baptistery".
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view of font

Source caption: "Caen stone font by Catherine Mawer at St Peter's Church, Barton-upon-Humber, Lincolnshire. It was created in 1859 to the outline design of architect Cuthbert Brodrick, who directed the restoration of the church in that year. The font was paired with a Caen stone pedestal for the pulpit by the same sculptor; that pedestal is now missing, but it may be the one in St Mary's nearby."
Scene Description: Source caption: "Caen stone font by Catherine Mawer at St Peter's Church, Barton-upon-Humber, Lincolnshire. It was created in 1859 to the outline design of architect Cuthbert Brodrick, who directed the restoration of the church in that year. The font was paired with a Caen stone pedestal for the pulpit by the same sculptor; that pedestal is now missing, but it may be the one in St Mary's nearby."
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view of font in context

the only remaining part of the font assembly, the ground platform, mounted on a pile of limestone rubble, in the soakaway pit, corner of the baptistery wing
Scene Description: the only remaining part of the font assembly, the ground platform, mounted on a pile of limestone rubble, in the soakaway pit, corner of the baptistery wing
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INFORMATION

FontID: 10834BAR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Peter [redundant since 1972
Church Patron Saints: St. Peter
Church Location: Beck Hill, Barton-upon-Humber DN18 5EX, UK
Country Name: England
Location: Lincolnshire, East Midlands
Directions to Site: Located off (N) the A1077, on the S bank of the Humber river, 10-12 km WSW of Hull, 50 km NNE of Lincoln
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Lincoln
Historical Region: Hundred of Yarborough
Font Location in Church: the font was originally in the W extension used as baptistery [cf. FontNotes]
Date: ca. 1000?
Century and Period: 10th - 11th century, Pre-Conquest
Church Notes: original church 9th-10thC, much altered through the ages but retaining some original elements; made redundant 1972
Font Notes:
There are two entries for Barton [-upon-Humber] [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [https://opendomesday.org/place/TA0322/barton-upon-humber/] [accessed 18 May 2019], on of which reports a priest and a church in it. Rodwell and Rodwell (1983) report at the time of the excavation of the church: "In the baptistery one feature especially calls for comment, namely the font base, wich serves to identify beyond all doubt the primary function of the western arm of the church. The font was not sited centrally, as might have been expected, but towards the south-west corner. The bowl or stem of the font, which does not survive, seems to have been of circular plan, and it stood upon a rectangular block of gritstone embedded in the ground with its upper surface level with the surrounding mortar floor. Upon removing the floor the block was found to be resting on a bed of limestone rubble filling a pit of somewhat larger size [...] Since the soakaway for the font was constructed before the first floor was laid in the western annexe it is unequivocally a primary feature of the building." Noted in Blair (2005), after Rodwel and Rodwell (1982): "the west porticus contains the impression of a contemporary [i.e., ca. 1000] baptismal font". The web page 'The discovery of Anglo-Saxon churches' of The Ecclesiastical Society [www.ecclsoc.org/barton.html] informs that, of the two original extensions to the east and west of the tower, "the western extension was used as a baptistery. It had a font at the south-west corner". A modern font of Caen stone was introduced in the mid-19thC renovation of this church; it is based on an octagonal design by Cuthbert Brodrick, executed by Catherine Mawer.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 53.683822, -0.434689
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 53° 41′ 1.76″ N, 0° 26′ 4.88″ W
UTM: 30U 669410 5951401

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: round?
Basin Interior Shape: round?
Basin Exterior Shape: round?
Drainage Notes: [evidence from the under base platform found -- cf. FontNotes]

REFERENCES

Blair, John, The Church in Anglo-Saxon society, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2005
Rodwell, Warwick, "St. Peter's Church, Barton-upon-Humber", 62, Antiquaries Journal, 1982, pp. 283-315; p. 283-315 and fig. 6, 8, pl. XLI