Great Leighs No. 1

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 11650LEI
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 15th century, Perpendicular
Workshop/Group/Artisan: heraldic font
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Mary the Virgin, Great Leighs
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17536438
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary the Virgin
Church Address: Boreham Rd, Great Leighs, Chelmsford CM3 1PP, United Kingdom -- Tel.: +44 1245 361475
Site Location: Essex, East, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located off (E) the A131, 10 km NNE of Chelmsford
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Chalmsford
Font Notes:
Noted in the Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (Essex, 1916-1923): "Font: Octagonal, each face of bowl with quatrefoiled panels, six filled with conventional foliage, and two with shields--(a) a bend sinister engrailed with defaced charges thereon; (b) a saltire; panelled stem, 15th-century, base cut away and rough panels cut in sides." In Pevsner (1976): "Font. Perp[endicular], octagonal. Stem with tracery, bowl with quatrefoils carrying fleurons and one shield." Bettley & Pevsner (2007) have "shields" instead of "shield".

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal

REFERENCES

  • Bettley, James, Essex, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2007, p. 412
  • Great Britain. Royal Commission on Historical Monuments, An Inventory of the historical monuments in Essex, London: H.M. Stationary Office, 1916-1923, vol. 2: 100
  • Pevsner, Nikolaus, Essex, Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1976, p 206