Blanchland
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view of church exterior
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view of font
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Durham County Council, 2008
Image Source: detail of a B&W photograph ca. 1933 (?) in the Durham County Council site [http://www.durham.gov.uk/durhamcc/DRE.nsf/DREPicture?readform&PIC=dre/m/03528.jpg&NAME=Blanchland+Abbey,+baptistry&IMGID=M7250&KEYWORD=Fonts] [accessed 29 November 2008]
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view of font in context
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Durham County Council, 2008
Image Source: B&W photograph ca. 1933 (?) in the Durham County Council site [http://www.durham.gov.uk/durhamcc/DRE.nsf/DREPicture?readform&PIC=dre/m/03528.jpg&NAME=Blanchland+Abbey,+baptistry&IMGID=M7250&KEYWORD=Fonts] [accessed 29 November 2008]
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INFORMATION
FontID: 14035BLA
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Abbey Church
Country Name: England
Location: Northumberland, North East
Directions to Site: Located on the B6306, 3 km SW from the western tip of the Derwent Reservoir
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the baptistry [the former chantry]
Century and Period: 12th century, Norman
Font Notes:
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Baptismal font consisting of a cylindrical basin plain but bor two grooves around the side, near the rim; chamfered underbowl; plain cylindrical stem; two-step circular base [may be modern], on a square plinth [modern]. Shown in a B&W photograph in the Durham County Council site [www.durham.gov.uk] [accessed 20 January 2010]: "'Caption from this album (c.1933) reads "The Baptistry, Blanchland Church, containing an ancient font and altar rails, was built in 1844 on the site of the old chantry.'" [NB: the origin of the ancient font is unknown]. Not mentioned in Pevsner (1957).
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: cylindrical (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round