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)
Copyright Instructions: PD
INFORMATION
Font ID: 11754CAS
Object Type: Stoup
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th century, Norman
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Nicholas, Castle Hedingham
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the S aisle, E of the S entrance
Church Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17536273
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Nicholas of Myra
Church Address: 5 King St, Castle Hedingham, Halstead CO9 3ER, United Kingdom -- Tel.: +44 1787 277270
Site Location: Essex, East, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located 6 km W of Halstead
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Chelmsford
Additional Comments: recycled object? Pevsner appears to indicate so [cf. FontNotes]
Font Notes:
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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, vol. 1: xxxiii, 51 and pl. opp. p. xxxii
- Pevsner, Nikolaus, Essex, Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1976, p. 113