South Hanningfield
INFORMATION
Font ID: 11897HAN
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 15th century (late?) [re-tooled?], Perpendicular [altered?]
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Peter
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17545121
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Peter
Church Address: South Hanningfield, Chelmsford CM3 8HW, United Kingdom -- Tel.: +44 7485 039204
Site Location: Essex, East, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located W of the A`130, 6 km NE of Billericay, 10 km SSE of Chelmsford
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Chelmsford
Additional Comments: altered font? partly re-tooled?
Font Notes:
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Noted in the Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (Essex, 1916-1923): "Font: plain octagonal bowl with moulded under-edge, plain stem and base, probably late 15th-century, perhaps partly retooled." Not mentioned in Bettley & Pevsner (2007).
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. 4: 139