Hungerford Newtown

Results: 2 records

B01: design element - motifs - quatrefoil - floral motifs - 5

Scene Description: [cf. Font notes]

BU01: design element - motifs - foliage

Scene Description: [cf. Font notes]

INFORMATION

FontID: 12354HUN
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Mary and St. John the Baptist [may have been originally from Holy Trinity Church, in Denford, Nhants]
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin
Church Location: Hungerford, West Berkshire RG17, UK
Country Name: England
Location: Berkshire, South East
Directions to Site: Hungerford Newtown is located on the A338, just S of the M4, 5 km N of Hungerford, 16 km WNW of Newbury
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Oxford
Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]
Date: ca. 1830?
Century and Period: 19th century (early?),
No entry found for Hungerford Newtown in the Domesday survey. "A William IV carved limestone font, circa 1830, of ocatagonal section, the basin with lead lining, five of the sides with quatrefoils in recessed relief with floral centres, the underside with further foliate detail; the plinth with a Gothic arch to each side, above an octagonal base, 118cm high, 78cm wide, (damage to the base); with later octagonal oak cover with wrought iron ring handle, circa 1900. Provenance: Saint Mary's Church, Hungerford New Town, Berkshire. Note: It is probable that this font was removed to St Mary's from Holy Trinity, Denford, when this latter church received a new font in 1912." [source: listed as item 7 in a catalogue for an auction 'Antique Furniture & Works of Art, Rugs & Textiles', to be held on 15 November 2006, 10:00 at Donnington Priory -- the font is listed at "£1,000-1,500" [www.dnfa.com/andrewgrant/scripts/creatertf.asp?auction=12708] [accessed 19 November 2006]] -- [NB: no records found of an earlier church here].

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 51.4414, -1.4906
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 51° 26′ 29.04″ N, 1° 29′ 26.16″ W
UTM: 30U 604903 5699993

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
Drainage Notes: lead lining
Diameter (includes rim): 78 cm*
Font Height (less Plinth): 118 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * [cf. FontNotes]

LID INFORMATION

Date: ca. 1900?
Material: wood, oak
Apparatus: no
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]