Witton Gilbert

INFORMATION

Font ID: 11279WIT
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 11th - 12th century [base only?] [composite font?], Medieval / composite
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Michael and All Angels, Witton Gilbert
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Wikidata: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:St_Michael_and_All_Angels%27_Church,_Witton_Gilbert_-_geograph.org.uk_-_8007652.jpg
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Michael & All Angels
Church Address: Coach Ln, Witton Gilbert, Durham DH7 6SX, United Kingdom -- Tel.: +44 191 384 7825
Site Location: Durham, North East, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located off the A691, S of Chester-le-Street and Sacriston, 6 km NW of Durham city
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Durham
Additional Comments: composite font?
Font Notes:
Noted in Murray (1873) as "the old font". In Pevsner (1983): "Simple Norman font". 'The Story of Our Village', written by W.I in 1960 [http://fast-trax.50megs.com/wgHistory.html] [accessed 28 January 2010] notes: "The font is a plain octagonal sandstone bowl on a circular shaft with a round limestone base. The base appears to be of original date, but the bowl of a much later period." The English Heritage description of this listed (Grade II) church http://www.durham-pa.gov.uk/DURHAMCC/K2P.nsf/K2PDetail?readform&PRN=D12516] [accessed 28 January 2010], however, notes: "Norman octagonal bowl font on Frosterley 'marble' pedestal".

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, sandstone [basin] and limestone [base]
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal

REFERENCES

  • Pevsner, Nikolaus, County Durham, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1983, p. 508