Wethersfield

Results: 2 records

LB01: design element - motifs - panel

on the stem [cf. Font notes]
Scene Description: on the stem [cf. Font notes]

LB02: design element - motifs - moulding

on the lower base [cf. Font notes]
Scene Description: on the lower base [cf. Font notes]

INFORMATION

FontID: 11802WET
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Mary Magdalene
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary Magdalene
Country Name: England
Location: Essex, East
Directions to Site: Located off (E) the B1053, 10 km NW of Braintree
Font Location in Church: In the S porch
Century and Period: 15th century, Perpendicular
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
Bettley, James, Essex, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2007
Great Britain. Royal Commission on Historical Monuments, An Inventory of the historical monuments in Essex, London: H.M. Stationary Office, 1916-1923