Shrawley No. 1 / Escreueleia / Scravelega / Scraveley / Schrauell / Schrauleye / Schreweleye / Sharuele / Shraule / Shraveley / Shraweley / Shreveleye

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design element - motifs - lozenge

Scene Description: only a few, on the west side of the basin; "probably modern" according to the CRSBI [cf. [cf.Font notes and Bibliography]

Image Source: B&W photograph November 1992 by Ben Read, in the CRSBI [www.crsbi.ac.uk/site/291/] [accessed 28 October 2014]

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design element - motifs - roll moulding

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design element - motifs - roll moulding

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design element - motifs - scallop - trumpet scallop

Scene Description: a band of, all around; could be re-cut [cf. Font notes]

Image Source: B&W photograph November 1992 by Ben Read, in the CRSBI [www.crsbi.ac.uk/site/291/] [accessed 28 October 2014]

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view of church exterior - south view

Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 January 2006 by Philip Halling [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/111544] [accessed 28 October 2014]

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view of font - east side

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view of font - west side

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INFORMATION

FontID: 13516SHR

Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Mary

Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin

Church Location: Church Road, Shrawley, Worcestershire WR6 6TS

Country Name: England

Location: Worcestershire, West Midlands

Directions to Site: Located on the B4196, about 11 km NNW of Worcester

Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Worcester

Historical Region: Hundred of Doddingtree

Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the W end, S side

Century and Period: 12th century (early?) [basin only] [composite? / two fonts?], Medieval / composite

Font Notes: Click to view font notes

No entry found in the Domesday survey for Shrawley. Miller (1890) notes: "There are many decided Norman features in this church, notably the two Norman doorways", but does not mention a font in it. Noake (1848) writes: "The baptismal font, which has been removed from near the entrance door and placed in a convenient recess on the other side, consists of a circular bason on an octangular base: it is a remarkably good specimen of the transition from the Norman to the Early English style." The Victoria County History (Worcester, vol. 4, 1924) notes: "The chancel dates from about the year 1100, but the nave, which is not on the same axis, appears to have been built at a somewhat later date, while the south doorway of the nave is an insertion of about 1170. [...] The font has a white sandstone circular bowl and short circular shaft of the early 12th century, and a red sandstone octagonal base of a later date. The upper part of the bowl is enriched by a scalloped band and the lower edge with a hollow moulding". There is no mention of this font in Pevsner (1968). The Corpus of Romanesque Sculpture in Britain and Ireland (1992) notes: "The bowl of the font could be a reused main arcade capital" [NB: by the look of the lower base block it is quite possible it is itself a basin from an old font]. Brooks & Pevsner (2007) suggest "the trumpet scallops of its bowl look re-cut", and note a "plain C17 cover" on the font. [cf. Index entry for Shrawley No. 2 for a late medieval stoup in this church]

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 52.2801, -2.28578

Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 52° 16′ 48.36″ N, 2° 17′ 8.81″ W

UTM: 30U 548725 5792433

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, sandstone

Font Shape: bucket-shaped (mounted)

Basin Interior Shape: round

Basin Exterior Shape: round

Drainage Notes: lead-lined

Rim Thickness: 10.5 cm [calculated]

Diameter (inside rim): 49 cm*

Diameter (includes rim): 70 cm*

Basin Total Height: 44

Notes on Measurements: * CRSBI (2014)

LID INFORMATION

Date: 17th century?

Material: wood, oak?

Apparatus: no

Notes: octagonal pyramid with arrises on the sides and turned finial

REFERENCES

Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. Accessed: 2008-04-18 00:00:00. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.

Brooks, Alan, Worcestershire, New Haven; London: Yale University Press, 2007

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: 2008-04-18 00:00:00. URL: http://www.crsbi.ac.uk.

Miller, George [Revd.], The Parishes of the Diocese of Worcester, Birmingham: Hall & English, 1890

Noake, John, The rambler in Worcestershire, or, Stray notes on churches and congregations, Worcester: Published and sold by all booksellers, 1848