Sutton nr. Southend-on-Sea

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 11731SUT
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th century [part of basin only] [composite font], Medieval [composite]
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of All Saints, Sutton
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17532531
Church Patron Saint(s): All Saints
Church Address: 1 Sutton Rd, Southend-on-Sea SS2 5PA, United Kingdom -- Tel.: +44 7354 463698
Site Location: Essex, East, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located 3 km N of Southend-on-Sea, just SE of Rochford
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Chelmsford
Additional Comments: altered font / damaged font / restored font: only part of the basin is original, the rest is modern
Font Notes:
Noted in the Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (Essex, 1916-1923): "Font: square bowl with five shallow pointed panels on each side, 13th-century, stam, base and half the bowl modern." In Pevsner (1976: "Font. C13, of the Purbeck type, with five pointed shallow arcades on each side." [NB: by "the Purbeck type" Pevsner means that the font is square, table-top, on a single or multiple support, and not necessarily made of 'Purbeck marble']. Bettley & Pevsner (2007) adds: "Base probably 1869".

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

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

REFERENCES

  • Bettley, James, Essex, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2007, p. 757
  • Great Britain. Royal Commission on Historical Monuments, An Inventory of the historical monuments in Essex, London: H.M. Stationary Office, 1916-1923, vol. 4: 157
  • Pevsner, Nikolaus, Essex, Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1976, p. 377