Ashdon

Image copyright © John Whitworth, 2010
Standing permission
Results: 1 records
INFORMATION
FontID: 11756ASH
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of All Saints
Church Patron Saints: All Saints
Country Name: England
Location: Essex, East
Directions to Site: Located 5 km NE of Saffron Walden [Coordinates: 52° 3′ 18.72″ N, 0° 18′ 33.48″ E 52.0552, 0.3093]
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 13th century, Medieval
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to John Whitworth, of www.essexchurches.co.uk, for his photograph of this font
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
Noted in the Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (Essex, 1916-1923): "octagonal stem with moulded capital and base, late 13th-century, rough octagonal bowl, possibly of earlier date." No mention of the font in Bettley & Pevsner (2007).
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material:
stone
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
LID INFORMATION
Date: modern?
Material:
wood,
Apparatus: no
Notes: octagonal base, top tapering on to small Latin cross; painted a shiny gree, with white details; appears modern
REFERENCES
Great Britain. Royal Commission on Historical Monuments, An Inventory of the historical monuments in Essex, London: H.M. Stationary Office, 1916-1923