Shrawley No. 1 / Escreueleia / Scravelega / Scraveley / Schrauell / Schrauleye / Schreweleye / Sharuele / Shraule / Shraveley / Shraweley / Shreveleye
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view of church exterior - south view
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view of font - east side
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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 font - west side
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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]
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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]
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design element - motifs - roll moulding
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © The Corpus of Romanesque Sculpture in Britain and Ireland, 2014
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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INFORMATION
Font ID: 13516SHR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Object Details: capital?
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th century (early?) [basin only] [composite? / two fonts?], Medieval / composite
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Mary
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the W end, S side
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary the Virgin
Church Address: Church Road, Shrawley, Worcestershire WR6 6TS
Site Location: Worcestershire, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located on the B4196, about 11 km NNW of Worcester
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Worcester
Historical Region: Hundred of Doddingtree
Additional Comments: altered font / composite font / two fonts? / re-cycled font: formerly a capital?
Font Notes:
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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
UTM: 30U 548725 5792433
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 52.2801, -2.28578
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 52° 16′ 48.36″ N, 2° 17′ 8.81″ W
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-. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.
- Brooks, Alan, Worcestershire, New Haven; London: Yale University Press, 2007, p. 595
- 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. URL: http://www.crsbi.ac.uk.
- Miller, George [Revd.], The Parishes of the Diocese of Worcester, Birmingham: Hall & English, 1890, vol. 2: 32
- Noake, John, The rambler in Worcestershire, or, Stray notes on churches and congregations, Worcester: Published and sold by all booksellers, 1848, p. 302