Hempstead nr. Saffron Walden
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UB01: design element - motifs - moulding
Scene Description: forming the capitals and bases of the shafts of the base
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © John Whitworth, 2008
Image Source: digital photograph taken by John Whitworth [www.essexchurches.info]
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
view of church exterior - south view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © John Whitworth, 2008
Image Source: digital photograph taken by John Whitworth [www.essexchurches.info]
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
INFORMATION
Font ID: 11779HEM
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Date: ca. 1350? / ca. 1365?
Font Century and Period/Style: 14th century (mid?), Decorated
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Andrew, Hempstead
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the W end
Church Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17534618
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Andrew
Church Address: Church Rd, Hempstead, Saffron Walden CB10 2PA, United Kingdom -- Tel.: +44 1799 599366
Site Location: Essex, East, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located 10 km E of Saffron Walden
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Chelmsford
Font Notes:
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Noted in the Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (Essex, 1916-1923): "Font: square tapering bowl, with corners cut off, on round central shaft and four small detached shafts, all with moulded capitals and bases, c. 1350." Bettley & Pevsner (2007) note the church was "consecrated 1365 as a chapel of ease to Great Sampford".
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: square, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: square
REFERENCES
- Bettley, James, Essex, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2007, p. 485
- Great Britain. Royal Commission on Historical Monuments, An Inventory of the historical monuments in Essex, London: H.M. Stationary Office, 1916-1923, vol. 1: 159