Churcham / Hamme

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view of font

Source caption: "The Old Font, St. Andrew's, Churcham. The damage was caused when the roof fell onto the font during a fire in the 17th century. It is now decommissioned and stands outside the porch." [NB: this object is a composite font; the basin is indeed what remained when the 15thC font was damaged, but the pedestal is not the original; the remains of the old base are kept inside the church, by the side of the 19thC font in use].
Scene Description: Source caption: "The Old Font, St. Andrew's, Churcham. The damage was caused when the roof fell onto the font during a fire in the 17th century. It is now decommissioned and stands outside the porch." [NB: this object is a composite font; the basin is indeed what remained when the 15thC font was damaged, but the pedestal is not the original; the remains of the old base are kept inside the church, by the side of the 19thC font in use].
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Pauline E, 2007
Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 October 2007 by Pauline E [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/592013] [accessed 11 February 2019]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-2.0

view of font in context

this object is a composite font; the basin is indeed what remained when the 15thC font was damaged, but the pedestal is not the original; the remains of the old base are kept inside the church, by the side of the 19thC font in use
Scene Description: this object is a composite font; the basin is indeed what remained when the 15thC font was damaged, but the pedestal is not the original; the remains of the old base are kept inside the church, by the side of the 19thC font in use
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © andy dolman, 2008
Image Source: digital photograph taken 13 September 2008 by andy dolman [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1150923] [accessed 11 February 2019]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-2.0

design element - motifs - unidentified

the decoration on the underbowl, damaged and now unidentifiable, are said to have been reproduced on the modern font
Scene Description: the decoration on the underbowl, damaged and now unidentifiable, are said to have been reproduced on the modern font
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Pauline E, 2007
Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 October 2007 by Pauline E [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/592013] [accessed 11 February 2019]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-2.0

view of church exterior - north portal - detail

Source caption: "St Andrew, Churcham. The North door - a 19th century restoration. The sculpture above has experts puzzled as to date, but it could be as early as the 3rd century."
Scene Description: Source caption: "St Andrew, Churcham. The North door - a 19th century restoration. The sculpture above has experts puzzled as to date, but it could be as early as the 3rd century."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Philip Pankhurst, 2015
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph taken 25 June 2015 by Philip Pankhurst [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/4561861] [accessed 11 February 2019]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-2.0

view of church exterior - north portal - detail

Font image
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Philip Pankhurst, 2015
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph taken 25 June 2015 by Philip Pankhurst [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/4561861] [accessed 11 February 2019]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-2.0

view of church exterior - north portal

Source caption: "St Andrew, Churcham. The North door - a 19th century restoration. The sculpture above has experts puzzled as to date, but it could be as early as the 3rd century."
Scene Description: Source caption: "St Andrew, Churcham. The North door - a 19th century restoration. The sculpture above has experts puzzled as to date, but it could be as early as the 3rd century."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Philip Pankhurst, 2015
Image Source: digital photograph taken 25 June 2015 by Philip Pankhurst [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/4561861] [accessed 11 February 2019]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-2.0

view of church exterior - southeast view

Font image
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Jonathan Billinger, 2011
Image Source: digital photograph taken 22 April 2011 by Jonathan Billinger [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2379298] [accessed 11 February 2019]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-2.0

view of church exterior - northeast view

Source caption: "St Andrew, Churcham. An early church, but restored several times, particularly after a major fire in 1875. The Rhenish tower top is a confection of 1876-8, by local architect Waller of Gloucester."
Scene Description: Source caption: "St Andrew, Churcham. An early church, but restored several times, particularly after a major fire in 1875. The Rhenish tower top is a confection of 1876-8, by local architect Waller of Gloucester."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Philip Pankhurst, 2015
Image Source: digital photograph taken 25 June 2015 by Philip Pankhurst [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/4561789] [accessed 11 February 2019]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-2.0

view of church interior - chancel arch and east side

Font image
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © andy dolman, 2008
Image Source: digital photograph taken 13 September 2008 by andy dolman [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1150923] [accessed 11 February 2019]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-2.0

view of church interior - nave - looking east

the 19th-century partly visible in the lower right-hand corner
Scene Description: the 19th-century partly visible in the lower right-hand corner
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © John Wilkes, 2008
Image Source: digital photograph by John Wilkes [www.allthecotswolds.com]
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission

view of fragment

the fragment -part of the base- of the 15th-century font, on the plinth kneeling extension; to its right the 19th-century replacement font
Scene Description: the fragment -part of the base- of the 15th-century font, on the plinth kneeling extension; to its right the 19th-century replacement font
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © John Wilkes, 2008
Image Source: digital photograph by John Wilkes [www.allthecotswolds.com]
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission

INFORMATION

Font ID: 13891CHU
Object Type: Baptismal Font1, fragment
Font Century and Period/Style: 15th century [fragment], Late Medieval [composite]
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Andrew
Font Location in Church: the fragment of the old stem is now kept inside the church, in the W end of the nave [cf. FontNotes]
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Andrew
Church Address: Church Ln, Churcham, Gloucestershire GL2 8AF, UK
Site Location: Gloucestershire, South West, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located on the A40, 6-7 km W of Gloucester
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Gloucester
Historical Region: Hundred of Westbury
Additional Comments: damaged font / replaced font / fragment [cf. FontNotes and ImagesArea] / disused font -- replaced in 1884 -- disappeared font? (the font from the Norman ca.1100 church here)
Font Notes:
There is an entry for Churcham [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [https://opendomesday.org/place/SO7618/churcham/] [accessed 11 February 2019] but it mentions neither cleric nor church in it. The entry for this parish in the Victoria County History (Gloucester, vol. 10, 1972) reports: "The church at Churcham was recorded from 1100 [...] Both tower and nave are basically the original Norman structures, but the church owes many of its features to 19th-century restorations [...] The 15th-century octagonal font of the church was replaced by a copy in 1884; part of the original pedestal was kept in the church in 1970 and its mutilated bowl was in the churchyard." [NB: what is left of the pedestal is now [October 2008] kept inside the church, by the side of the 19th-century font -- the damaged basin is confirmed outside the porch in several sources and there are photographs available [cf. ImagesArea]. Despite the comment in the VCH it is highly unlikely that the ornamentation on the 15th-century font was replicated onto the Victorian replacement -- the latter has an inscription around the lower base dating it -or its donation- to 1882]. Noted in Verey & Brooks (1999-2002): "Font. 1884 […] The pedestal of the C15 font is preserved nearby; its bowl is disintegrating in the churchyard." [NB: the church goes back to Norman times but we have no information on the earlier font of this church]
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to John Wilkes, of www.allthecotswolds.com, for his photographs of church and font

COORDINATES

UTM: 30U 545655 5745886
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 51.861899, -2.336997
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 51° 51′ 42.83″ N, 2° 20′ 13.19″ W

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
Drainage System: centre hole in basin & base
Drainage Notes: [centre drain in the stem of the original font]

REFERENCES

  • Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.
  • Verey, David, Gloucestershire, London: Penguin Books, 1999-2002, vol. 2: 300