Great Oakley nr. Harwich

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design element - architectural - arcade - blind - round arches - 20 arches

Scene Description: five arches or panels on each side of the basin [cf. Font notes]

view of church exterior in context

Scene Description: Source caption: "All Saints Church, Great Oakley, Essex"

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Peter Stack, 2009

Image Source: digital photograph 11 October 2009 by Peter Stack [https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2039954] [accessed 14 February 2023]

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INFORMATION

FontID: 11653OAK
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of All Saints
Church Patron Saints: All Saints
Church Location: The Avenue, Great Oakley, Harwich CO12 5BL, United Kingdom
Country Name: England
Location: Essex, East
Directions to Site: Located off (W) the B1414, 9 km WSW of Harwich, about 13 km ESE of Manningtree
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Chelmsford
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 12th century [modern stem] [composite font], Medieval [composite]
The Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (Essex, 1916-1923) notes: "Font: square bowl, each face with five round-headed panels, moulded lower edge, moulded base of Purbeck marble, late 12th-century, stem modern." In Pevsner (1976): "Font. Plain C12, of Purbeck marble, on five shafts." With much the same description in Bettley & Pevsner (2007) who add the square shape of the basin. The RCHM (ibid.) notes a 14th-century holy-water stoup "with reused trefoiled head" in the south porch [no separate entry in Index]. Noted in Leach (1975) as a font made of Purbeck marble: "bowl with panels on each face; the stem is modern" [source given: RCHM (NE), 1922). The entry for this church in Historic England [Listing NGR: TM1878227318] notes: "Parish church. C12, C14 and C18, restored in Cl9 [...] The C12 font, of Purbeck marble, has a tapering square bowl, each face with 5 round-headed panels, a moulded lower edge, the stem and angle-shafts renewed." Noted in Leach (1975) as a font made of Purbeck marble: "bowl with panels on each face; the stem is modern" [source given: RCHM (NE), 1922].

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 51.901298, 1.177601
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 51° 54′ 4.67″ N, 1° 10′ 39.37″ E
UTM: 31U 374621 5751630

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, limestone (Purbeck marble)
Font Shape: square (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: square

REFERENCES

Bettley, James, Essex, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2007
Great Britain. Royal Commission on Historical Monuments, An Inventory of the historical monuments in Essex, London: H.M. Stationary Office, 1916-1923
Leach, Rosemary, A Investigation into the use of Purbeck Marble in Medieval England, Hartlepool: E.W. Harrisons & Sons, 1975
Pevsner, Nikolaus, Essex, Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1976