Belchamp Otten / Belchamp Otton
Image copyright © John Whitworth, 2008
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Results: 6 records
B01: design element - motifs - quatrefoil - in a circle - in a square - 8
Scene Description: one of them has been hacked off [cf, Font notes]
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Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 June 2006 by John Whitworth [www.essexchurches.info]
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BU01: design element - motifs - floral - 8
Scene Description: on the sides of the underbowl chamfer
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Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 June 2006 by John Whitworth [www.essexchurches.info]
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R01: design element - patterns - crenellated
Scene Description: [cf. Font notes]
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Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 June 2006 by John Whitworth [www.essexchurches.info]
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UB01: design element - motifs - panel - traceried
Scene Description: [cf. Font notes]
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Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 June 2006 by John Whitworth [www.essexchurches.info]
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view of font and cover
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © John Whitworth, 2008
Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 June 2006 by John Whitworth [www.essexchurches.info]
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view of church exterior - south view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © John Whitworth, 2008
Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 June 2006 by John Whitworth [www.essexchurches.info]
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 11758BEL
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 15th century, Perpendicular
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Ethelbert and All Saints, Belchamp Otten
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17535775
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Ethelbert [aka Æthelberht] & All Saints
Church Address: Church St, Belchamp Otten, Sudbury CO10 7BJ, United Kingdom -- Tel.: +44 1787 269385
Site Location: Essex, East, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located off (E) the A131, 7 km W of Sudbury, 36 km NNE of Chelmsford
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Chelmsford
Additional Comments: damaged font: partly defaced: one of the sides appears to have been chiselled off
Font Notes:
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Noted in the Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (Essex, 1916-1923): "Font; octagonal, quatrefoil panelled bowl, with embattled rim and moulded and carved lower edge, panelled stem, 15th-century, partly defaced." In Bettley & Pevsner (2007) with date in the 15th century. The 'defacing' mentioned in the RCHM refers to one of the sides of the basin having had its carving hacked or chiselled off almost entirely, to the point that it looks unfinished; why was it done? A tight fit at one point? The octagonal wooden cover is a low pyramid, almost flat; appears old: 17th-18th century?
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to John Whitworth, of [www.essexchurches.info, for his photographs of church and font
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
Drainage Notes: lead-lined
LID INFORMATION
Date: 17th-18th century?
Material: wood, oak?
Apparatus: no
Notes: an almost flat octagonal pyramid; may be 17th or 18th century
REFERENCES
- Bettley, James, Essex, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2007, p. 128
- Great Britain. Royal Commission on Historical Monuments, An Inventory of the historical monuments in Essex, London: H.M. Stationary Office, 1916-1923, vol. 1: 15