Stambourne No. 1
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view of church exterior - tower
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
view of church interior - plan
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: 11705STA
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 15th - 16th century[stem only?] [composite font], Late Medieval [composite]
Workshop/Group/Artisan: heraldic font
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Peter and St. Thomas
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17536125
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Peter & St. Thomas
Church Address: Church Rd, Stambourne, Halstead CO9 4NR, United Kingdom -- Tel.: +44 1440 785752
Site Location: Essex, East, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located off the A1017, E of Saffron Walden, 15 km W of Sudbury
Font Notes:
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Noted in the Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (Essex, 1916-1923): "Font: stem with traceried and cinquefoil-headed panels, late 15th or early 16th-century, bowl modern." Pevsner (1976) and Bettley & Pevsner (2007) do not make the distingction of its parts: "Font. Octagonal, with traceried stem and the usual quatrefoils and shields on the bowl."
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. 731
- Great Britain. Royal Commission on Historical Monuments, An Inventory of the historical monuments in Essex, London: H.M. Stationary Office, 1916-1923, vol. 1: 273, and ills. on p. 272 and opp.
- Pevsner, Nikolaus, Essex, Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1976, p. 363