Castle Hedingham No. 1

Image copyright © H.M.S.O., 1923

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Results: 2 records

B01: design element - motifs - foliage

Scene Description: on the front and sides

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © H.M.S.O., 1923

Image Source: B&W photograph in the Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (Essex, 1916-1923)

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B02: animal - mammal - lion - head - vegetation stemming from its mouth

Scene Description: shown here rotated from its original position

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © H.M.S.O., 1923

Image Source: inverted detail of a B&W photograph in the Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (Essex, 1916-1923)

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INFORMATION

FontID: 11754CAS
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Nicholas
Church Patron Saints: St. Nicholas of Myra
Country Name: England
Location: Essex, East
Directions to Site: Located 6 km W of Halstead [Coordinates: 51° 59′ 27.6″ N, 0° 36′ 14.4″ E 51.991, 0.604]
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the S aisle, E of the S entrance
Century and Period: 12th century, Norman
Noted with an illustration in the Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (Essex, 1916-1923) "In S. aisle, E. of S. doorway, square bowl in form of cushion capital, richly carved with foliage and a neast's head, early 12th-century [...] recess and pillar modern". Pevsner (1976) describes it as a "Norman ornamental carving with a head and leaves l[eft] and r[ight], used as a stoup (S aisle)." The front side of the quadrangular object is decorated with the typical Norman motif of an inverted lion-head that has foliage as indicated in Pevsner above. Bettley & Pevsner (2007) report a neo-Norman baptismal font of 1863 in this church. [NB: we have no information on the medieval font -- cf. Index entry for Castle Hedingham No. 2 for a stoup of the 16th century also listed for this church]

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone

REFERENCES

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