Clown / Clowne

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 11244CLO
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 11th - 12th century, Norman
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. John the Baptist [form. All Saints]
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the W end of the nave
Church Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17545194
Church Patron Saint(s): St. John the Baptist [dedicated to All Saints in the 12th century]
Church Address: Church Ln, Clowne, Chesterfield S43 4AZ, United Kingdom -- Tel.: +44 1246 813569
Site Location: Derbyshire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located off the A616, 10 km WSW of Worksop, 14 ENE of Chesterfield
Font Notes:
Noted in Cox (1875): "At the west end of the nave […] is the original Norman font. The font itself, which is twenty-two inches in diameter, and thirteen in height, is a perfectly plain rounded stone. The base, which is also circular, is moulded in bands like the base of a column. Its total height is forty inches." Armitage (1905) notes that "the rude font is [...] Norman".

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: round, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Diameter (includes rim): 55 cm*
Basin Total Height: 32.5 cm*
Font Height (less Plinth): 100 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * [in inches in Cox (1875) NB: the diameter is not specified in the source whether internal or external]

REFERENCES

  • Armitage, Ella S., A key to English antiquities with special reference to the Sheffield and Rotherham disctrict, London: J.M. Dent & Co., 1905, p. 235
  • Cox, John Charles, 1875-1877