Broomfleet

Image copyright © Colin Hinson, 2008
Image and permission received (e-mail of 13 August 2005)
Results: 8 records
BBL01: design element - motifs - nail-head
BBL02: design element - motifs - moulding
BBU01: design element - motifs - nail-head
CR01: design element - motifs - moulding
R01: design element - motifs - moulding
view of basin - interior
view of font and cover
INFORMATION
FontID: 11008BRO
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Mary
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin
Church Location: Main Street, Broomfleet, East Yorkshire, HU15 1RJ
Country Name: England
Location: East Riding of Yorkshire, Yorkshire and the Humber
Directions to Site: Located off (S) the B1230 and the M62, 16 km E of Howden, 18 km WNW of Hull
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of York
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, W end, N side, by the N entrance
Date: 1861
Century and Period: 19th century, Victorian
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Colin Hinson, of www.yorkshireCDbooks.com, for the photographs of this font.
Font Notes:
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The baptismal font, like the church itself, is dated to 1861; it consists of a tallish octagonal basin with vertical sides decorated with a roll moulding at the upper and lower rims, and a band of nail-head motif all around; on the upper basin side, just below the nail-head is a band of rosettes; plain chamfered underbowl, also octagonal; the inner well of the basin is round and lead-lined, and has a central drain hole; centre ring moulding on octagonal pedestal font, otherwise plain; quadrangular plinth; octagonal wooden cover, flat with metal decoration and ring handle.
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
Drainage Notes: lead lining
LID INFORMATION
Date: modern
Material: wood
Apparatus: no
Notes: flat, modern