Fersfield / Fairfeud / Fairvill / Fersevella / Fervesella
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view of font and cover - west side
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Image Source: digital photograph taken January 2007 by Simon Knott [www.norfolkchurches.co.uk/fersfield/fersfield.htm] [accessed 11 February 2013]
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view of font and cover
Scene Description: at the west end of the south aisle
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Simon Knott, 2006
Image Source: digital photograph taken 14 January 2006 by Simon Knott [www.norfolkchurches.co.uk/fersfield/fersfield.htm] [accessed 29 July 2009]
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design element - motifs - rope moulding
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Simon Knott, 2006
Image Source: digital photograph taken 14 January 2006 by Simon Knott [www.norfolkchurches.co.uk/fersfield/fersfield.htm] [accessed 29 July 2009]
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design element - motifs - unidentified
Scene Description: looks like the beginning of a braid [cf. Font notes]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Simon Knott, 2006
Image Source: digital photograph taken 14 January 2006 by Simon Knott [www.norfolkchurches.co.uk/fersfield/fersfield.htm] [accessed 29 July 2009]
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view of church exterior - southeast view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Simon Knott, 2007
Image Source: digital photograph taken January 2007 by Simon Knott [www.norfolkchurches.co.uk/fersfield/fersfield.htm] [accessed 11 February 2013]
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view of church interior - nave - looking west
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Simon Knott, 2007
Image Source: digital photograph taken January 2007 by Simon Knott [www.norfolkchurches.co.uk/fersfield/fersfield.htm] [accessed 11 February 2013]
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view of church interior - nave - looking east
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Simon Knott, 2007
Image Source: digital photograph taken January 2007 by Simon Knott [www.norfolkchurches.co.uk/fersfield/fersfield.htm] [accessed 11 February 2013]
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 15045FER
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th century [basin only] [re-cut], Medieval [composite]
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Andrew
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the W end of the S aisle
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Andrew
Church Address: High street, Fersfield, Norfolk, IP22 2BW
Site Location: Norfolk, East Anglia, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located 7 km WNW of Diss
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Norwich
Historical Region: Hundred of Diss
Additional Comments: altered font
Font Notes:
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Blomefield (1805-1810) writes: "The Church is dedicated to St. Andrew the Apostle, whose effigies was painted on the wall over the north door, though now whited over. Who was the first founder of a church here I know not; but the present nave, in all probability, was built by Sir Robert, son of Sir Robert de Bosco, Knt. about the latter end of the 12th century," There is no mention of a font in Blomefield's entry for this church. Noted in Pevsner & Wilson (1999): "Font. Norman, altered. Top rim of rope moulding.-- Font cover. Simple, C17, with volutes." Noted and illustrated in Knott (2007). Only the upper half of the square Norman basin remains more or less original, though with insert repairs; there is the tip of a motif at the angles, but the rest has been carved off to give the rest of the basin a 'clean' look to match the almost plain pedestal base. The wooden cover has a plain square platform with eight vertical scroll ribs; split-ball finial.
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Simon Knott, www.norfolkchurches.co.uk, for his photographs of this church and font
COORDINATES
UTM: 31U 366393 5807769
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 52.403823, 1.035987
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 52° 24′ 13.76″ N, 1° 2′ 9.55″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: square, mounted
Basin Exterior Shape: square
LID INFORMATION
Date: 17th-century?
Material: wood, oak?
Apparatus: no
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]
REFERENCES
- Blomefield, Francis, An essay towards a topographical history of Norfolk, 1805-1810, vol. 1: 74-114 / [www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=77098] [accessed 11 February 2013]
- Knott, Simon, The Norfolk Churches Site, Simon Knott, 2004. [standing permission to reproduce images received from Simon (February 2005]. URL: www.norfolkchurches.co.uk.
- Pevsner, Nikolaus, Norfolk 2: North-West and South (2nd ed.), London: Penguin, 1999, p. 336