Wethersfield

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 11802WET
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 15th century, Perpendicular
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Mary Magdalene, Wethersfield
Font Location in Church: In the S porch
Church Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17536223
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary Magdalene
Church Address: High St, Wethersfield, Braintree CM7 4BY, United Kingdom -- Tel.: +44 7939 030833
Site Location: Essex, East, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located off (E) the B1053, 10 km NW of Braintree
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Chelmsford
Additional Comments: disused font -- no photos in Essex Churches website (27 sept 2010)
Font Notes:
Reported in Barrett (1893) as a disused font in the porch of the church. Noted in the Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (Essex, 1916-1923): "Font: In S. porch--disused, with plain hexagonal bowl, buttressed and panelled stem and moulded base, 15th-century." Bettley & Pevsner (2007) report a 15th-century font still in the south porch. The present font in use in the nave of the church is modern, consisting of an octagonal basin with inscribed symbols in shields on the sides, raised on an octagonal pedestal base decorated with tracery and buttresses; octagonal cover tapering to Latin-cross finial.

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

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

REFERENCES

  • Barrett, C.R.B., Essex: highways, byways, and waterways (second series), London: Lawrence & Bullen, 1893, p. 34
  • Bettley, James, Essex, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2007, p. 826
  • Great Britain. Royal Commission on Historical Monuments, An Inventory of the historical monuments in Essex, London: H.M. Stationary Office, 1916-1923, vol. 1: 334