Ripe / Eckington / Ekyngton
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view of church exterior - southeast view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2011
Image Source: digital photograph taken 31 May 2011 by Colin Smith
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
view of font and cover
Scene Description: the restored medieval font
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2011
Image Source: digital photograph taken 31 May 2011 by Colin Smith
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
INFORMATION
FontID: 12828RIP
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. John the Baptist
Church Patron Saints: St. John the Baptist
Church Location: Church Lane, Ripe, East Sussex, BN8 6AU
Country Name: England
Location: East Sussex, South East
Directions to Site: Located near Chalvington, 8 km W of Hailsham, 13 km E of Lewes, between the A27 and the A22, 24 km NW of Eastbourne
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Chichester
Historical Region: Hundred of Edivestone? -- Sussex
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century [restored], Transitional / Early English [altered]
Cognate Fonts: [cf. FontNotes]
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Colin Smith for his photographs of church and font
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
There is no mention of a church here in Hussey (1852). Harrison (1920) mentions a stoup in the porch but not a font in the church. Noted in the CRSBI (2008) as one in a group of "fonts with moulded capitals which form part of a square bowl". The CRSBI includes in this group the fonts at Cuckfield, Heyshott, Iford, Ripe, Slindon, West Hoathly and Woodmancote. Baptismal font consistsing of a cubic-shaped basin, raised on a broad central shaft and four outer colonnettes; the font has been heavily restored, and it is quite likely that most of the support area is a modern replacement, although the original font probably shared the same basic design. The wooden cover is square and flat, with metal decorations and ring handle; modern. This is a font similar to the one at nearby Chalvington [cf. Index entry].
COORDINATES
UTM: 31U 300093 5638595
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material:
stone
Font Shape: square (mounted)
Basin Exterior Shape: square
LID INFORMATION
Date: modern
Material:
wood,
oak?
Apparatus: no
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]
REFERENCES
Corpus of Romanesque Sculpture in Britain and Ireland, The Corpus of Romanesque Sculpture in Britain and Ireland, The Corpus of Romanesque Sculpture in Britain and Ireland. Accessed: 2007-03-17 00:00:00. URL: http://www.crsbi.ac.uk.
Harrison, Frederick, Notes on Sussex churches, Hove: Combridges, 1920