Thorpe-le-Soken

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 11734THO
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 15th century [basin and stem] -- 12th century [lower base only] [composite font], Late Medieval
Workshop/Group/Artisan: heraldic font
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Michael, Thorpe-le-soken
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17532830
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Michael
Church Address: High St, Thorpe-le-Soken, Clacton-on-Sea CO16 0ED, United Kingdom -- Tel.: +44 1255 861234
Site Location: Essex, East, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located off the B1033, 7 km N of Clacton-on-Sea, about 20 km SE of Colchester
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Chelmsford
Additional Comments: composite font: basin and stem of the 15th century raised on a 12th-century base
Font Notes:
Noted in the Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (Essex, 1916-1923): "Font: octagonal bowl, faces with plain shields in star-shaped panels, panelled and cusped stem, 15th-century, moulded base, with spur ornaments, 12th-century." In Pevsner (1976) and in Bettley & Pevsner (2007): "Font. Octagonal, Perp[endicular]; the sides have star-shaped panels with shields."

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. 779
  • Great Britain. Royal Commission on Historical Monuments, An Inventory of the historical monuments in Essex, London: H.M. Stationary Office, 1916-1923, vol. 3: 214
  • Pevsner, Nikolaus, Essex, Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1976, p. 389