Carlisle No. 2

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design element - architectural - arch - Ogee - crocketed

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human figure - seated

Scene Description: John the Baptist: made of bronze and set in the Ogee arches of the narrow sides [cf. FontNotes]

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human figure - seated

Scene Description: Madonna and Child: made of bronze and set in the Ogee arches of the narrow sides [cf. FontNotes]

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view of church exterior

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view of church interior - detail

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view of church interior - detail

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view of church interior - detail

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view of font

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INFORMATION

FontID: 11001CAR
Church/Chapel: Cathedral Church
Church Location: 7 The Abbey Carlisle, Cumbria CA3 8TZ, UK
Country Name: England
Location: Cumbria, North West
Historical Region: formerly Cumberland
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the N transept
Date: 1890/1891
Century and Period: 19th century (late), Victorian
Workshop/Group/Artisan: by Arthur Blomfield
Eley (1900) wites: "The Font, standing on a fine marble flooring close to the west window, has bronze figures of St. John Baptist, the Virgin and Child, and St. Philip. It was designed by Sir A. Blomfield, and presented by Archdeacon Prescott 1891." The present baptismal font in Carlisle Cathedral is noted in Pevsner (1967): "Font. 1890 by Sir Arthur Blomfield. Gothic, with a boldly ogee-curved outline and three seated bronze figures." The BBC's article 'Passion & intrigue: the Cathedral's got more than The Da Vinci Code!' in 'Cumbria' [www.bbc.co.uk/cumbria/content/articles/2005/02/22/missing_cathedral_items_feature.shtml] illustrates the font and the now-missing cover: "The font has a tiled surround and steps up to it, with brass rails. But the most extraordinary thing about it was the intricate cover which was probably made of metal. No one seems [to know] where it is and Canon Weston simply can't believe that it was broken up." [NB: the article informs of a number of items that were stolen from the Cathedral, among them the font cover and a brass lectern with the usual eagle-in-flight].

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 54.894722, -2.938611
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 54° 53′ 41″ N, 2° 56′ 19″ W
UTM: 30U 503937 6083078

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: rectangular (mounted)
Basin Exterior Shape: rectangular

LID INFORMATION

Material: metal?,
Notes: [cf. Fontnotes]

REFERENCES

Eley, C. King, The Cathedral Church of Carlisle: a desctiption of its fabric and a brief history of the episcopal see, London: George Bell & Sons, 1900
Pevsner, Nikolaus, Cumberland and Westmorland, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1967