Rustington
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view of font
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Image Source: digital photograph supplied by Colin Cox
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view of font
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Parish of St. Peter and St. Paul, Rustington, 2006
Image Source: digital photograph supplied by Colin Cox
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Image Source: digital photograph in www.sspeterandpaul-rustington.org.uk
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view of basin - interior
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Parish of St. Peter and St. Paul, Rustington, 2006
Image Source: digital photograph supplied by Colin Cox
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view of church interior - plan
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Parish of St. Peter and St. Paul, Rustington, 2006
Image Source: digital photograph in www.sspeterandpaul-rustington.org.uk
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 12032RUS
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th century / 15th century, Early English? / Perpendicular?
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Peter and St. Paul
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the N door [the main entrance to the church]
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Peter & St. Paul
Church Address: Sea Lane/The Street, Rustington, West Sussex, BN16 3NR, UK
Site Location: West Sussex, South East, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located off the A259, just E of Littlehampton
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Chichester
Historical Region: Hundred of Poling -- Rape of Arundel -- Sussex
Font Notes:
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Hussey (1852) suggests that "the piers and arches of the north of the nave, together with the font, seem to be Perp[endicular]. Harrison (1920) reports a 13th-century font in this church. The font is illustrated in the web page of the Parish of St. Peter and St. Paul, Rustington [www.sspeterandpaul-rustington.org.uk] as an octagonal mounted font probably of the 13th century.
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Colin Cox and the Parish of St. Peter and St. Paul, Rustington, for the photographs of this font.
COORDINATES
UTM: 30U 675844 5631939
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 50.812453, -0.503906
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 50° 48′ 44.83″ N, 0° 30′ 14.06″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
Drainage System: centre hole in basin
Drainage Notes: lead lining
REFERENCES
- Harrison, Frederick, Notes on Sussex churches, Hove: Combridges, 1920, p. 174
- Hussey, Arthur, Notes on the churches in the counties of Kent, Sussex, and Surrey mentioned in Domesday Book and those of more recent date [...], London: John Russell Smith, 1852, p. 280