Southwick nr. Portchester / Seuewic / Southwike / Suthwyk / Suwic

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view of font and cover

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view of font and cover

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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Chris Hayley, 2008
Image Source: digital photograph by Chris Hayley in Southern Life [http://www.southernlife.org.uk/southwch.htm] [accessed 1 September 2008]
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design element - architectural - arcade - blind - round arches - 16

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Scene Description: [cf. Font notes]
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view of church exterior in context - northwest view

Source caption: "The church of St James without the Priory Gate is unusual in that it is a Peculiar and is outside the jurisdiction of the Diocesan Bishop. The church was rebuilt in 1566 and so is a rare example of a Tudor church from after the reformation. The church is "remarkable for its furnishings" according to Pevsner who also says that "Until lately it was one of the best examples of an 'unrestored' church in the South of England, with box pews, three-decker pulpit, gallery, classical reredos, and hardly anything post-Georgian. Alas, in the 1950s the nave pews, having been found to be worm-eaten beyond repair, were cleared away and replaced by polished open pews which are about as incongruous as any seating could be in such a church. Despite this depletion it remains a delightful interior, still with a pre-Victorian atmosphere."
Scene Description: Source caption: "The church of St James without the Priory Gate is unusual in that it is a Peculiar and is outside the jurisdiction of the Diocesan Bishop. The church was rebuilt in 1566 and so is a rare example of a Tudor church from after the reformation. The church is "remarkable for its furnishings" according to Pevsner who also says that "Until lately it was one of the best examples of an 'unrestored' church in the South of England, with box pews, three-decker pulpit, gallery, classical reredos, and hardly anything post-Georgian. Alas, in the 1950s the nave pews, having been found to be worm-eaten beyond repair, were cleared away and replaced by polished open pews which are about as incongruous as any seating could be in such a church. Despite this depletion it remains a delightful interior, still with a pre-Victorian atmosphere."
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view of church exterior

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view of church interior - nave - looking east

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 13732SOU
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Date: ca. 1200?
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 13th century [basin only], Medieval / composite
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. James-without-the-Priory-Gate
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the SW of the nave
Church Patron Saint(s): St. James
Church Address: High Street, Southwick, Portsmouth PO17 6EF, UK
Site Location: Hampshire, South East, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located off (N) the B2177, 4-5 km NNE of Portchester
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Portsmouth
Historical Region: Hundred of Portsdown
Additional Comments: altered font / composite font (12thC basin on a 19thC base)
Font Notes:
No entry found for this Southwick in the Domesday survey. White (1878) writes: "The church contains an ancient Purbeck marble font". Noted in the Victoria County History (Hampshire, vol. 3, 1908): "The font at the south-west of the nave, c. 1200, is octagonal, of Purbeck marble, with two shallow roundheaded arcades on each face. It stands on a modern octagonal base." The entry for this church in Historic England [Listing NGR: SU6264608510] reports a "C12 octagonal font on a late C19 Gothic base" in it.
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Chris Hayley, of www.southernlife.org.uk, for his photographs of church and font

COORDINATES

UTM: 30U 632852 5637501
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 50.8739, -1.11175
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 50° 52′ 26.04″ N, 1° 6′ 42.3″ W

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, limestone [Purbeck marble] [basin only]
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal

LID INFORMATION

Date: modern?
Material: wood, oak?
Apparatus: no
Notes: octagonal and flat, with metal decorations and ring handle; appears modern

REFERENCES

  • Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.
  • White, William, History, gazetteer and directory of the County of Hampshire including the Isle of Wight, and [...], Sheffield: William White, 1878, p. 580