Bradwell-juxta-Coggeshall / Bradwell

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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © H.M.S.O., 1923
Image Source: B&W photograph in the Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (Essex, 1916-1923)
Copyright Instructions: PD

INFORMATION

Font ID: 11626BRA
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th century [basin only] [re-cut in the 16th century [composite font], Norman [altered]
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of the Holy Trinity, Bradwell-juxta-Coggeshall
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17536143
Church Patron Saint(s): The Holy Trinity
Church Address: Cuthedge Ln, Braintree CM77 8EP, United Kingdom -- Tel.: +44 7710 598636
Site Location: Essex, East, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located off the A120, 5 km E of Braintree, 20 km NNE of Chelmsford [Coordinates: 51° 52′ 42.24″ N, 0° 37′ 41.16″ E 51.8784, 0.6281]
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Chelmsford
Additional Comments: recycled font / re-cut font [cf. FontNotes] In the 16th century the square basin is cut to octagonal and is given a brick base
Font Notes:
Baptismal font noted with an illustration in the Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (Essex, 1916-1923): "bowl of limestone, originally square with small cheveron ornament round top, 12th-century, bowl cut octagonal, early in the 16th century; stem of brick with moulded top and base, and sunk quatrefoil in each face, early 16th-century.. Cover of oak, pyramidal, with panelled sides and ball top, 17th-century, bracket for pulley on framing of bell-turret above." Only the lid is noted in Pevsner (1976): "Font cover. Octagonal with panelled sides and ball top; C17." The SEAX SMR database (#8677) has: "font originally was square, C12, recut octagonal in early C16 with early C16 brick stem (photo in RCHM)." Bettley & Pevsner (2007) include the details recorded in the RCHM to Pevsner's entry in the previous edition [cf. supra].

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone [brick base of later date]
Font Shape: square [re-cut to octagonal] (mounted)
Basin Exterior Shape: square [re-cut to octagonal]

REFERENCES

  • Bettley, James, Essex, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2007, p. 164
  • Great Britain. Royal Commission on Historical Monuments, An Inventory of the historical monuments in Essex, London: H.M. Stationary Office, 1916-1923, vol. 3: xxxii, 13 and pl. opp. p. xxxiv
  • Pevsner, Nikolaus, Essex, Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1976, p. 97