Sible Hedingham

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UB01: design element - architectural - arch or window - trefoiled - 8

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Hedingham Benefice, 2010
Image Source: digital photograph in the Parish web site [http://www.st-peters-siblehedingham.co.uk/gallery.html] [accessed 17 September 2010]
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Scene Description: [cf. Font notes]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Hedingham Benefice, 2010
Image Source: digital photograph in the Parish web site [http://www.st-peters-siblehedingham.co.uk/gallery.html] [accessed 17 September 2010]
Copyright Instructions: PERMISSION NOT AVAILABLE -- IMAGE NOT FOR PUBLIC USE

INFORMATION

Font ID: 11791SIB
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 15th century [stem only] [composite font], Late Medieval [composite]
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Peter, Sible Hedingham
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Peter
Church Address: Church St, Sible Hedingham, Halstead CO9 3NT, United Kingdom -- Tel.: +44 7530 244799
Site Location: Essex, East, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located on the A1017, 5 km NW of Halstead
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Chelmsford
Additional Comments: altered font: only the stem is original
Font Notes:
Noted in the Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (Essex, 1916-1923): "Font: stem with trefoiled panelled sides, possibly 15th-century, bowl and base modern. Not mentioned in Bettley & Pevsner (2007). [NB: the font at nearby St. Nicholas', in Castle Hedingham, in the same benefice, is modern]

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal

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: 267