Chelmsford No. 2

INFORMATION

FontID: 11632CHE

Church/Chapel: Cathedral of St. Mary [now in St. Peter's]

Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin

Country Name: England

Location: Essex, East

Directions to Site: St Peter's is on Primrose Hill, Chelmsford

Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]

Date: 1786?

Century and Period: 18th century (late),

Workshop/Group/Artisan: R. Holland's design?

Cognate Fonts: identical to the font at Debden St Mary's

Font Notes: Click to view font notes

Noted in Pevsner (1976): "the former font from St Mary -- Coade stone, ordered in connexion with the Johnson restoration. Ellaborate and crisp Perp[endicular], octagonal, with traceried stem and cusped panels. Identical with the font at Debden." [NB: the Debden font is dated 1786 and built on a design by R. Holland -- cf. Index entry for Debden]

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, artificial stone (Coade stone)

Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)

Basin Interior Shape: round

Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal