Cramlington
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Scene Description: the modern font and cover
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INFORMATION
FontID: 15858CRA
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Nicholas
Church Patron Saints: St. Nicholas of Myra
Church Location: Church Street, Cramlington, Northumberland, NE23 1DU
Country Name: England
Location: Northumberland, North East
Directions to Site: Located near Morpeth, 8 km from the coast
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Newcastle
Date: ca. 1858?
Century and Period: 19th century (mid?), Victorian
Font Notes:
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Baptismal font of neo-Norman design but Victorian date; it consists of a cylindrical basin with two registers of decoration: the upper one has saw-tooth pattern with rosettes on the teeth, the spaces between the teeth filled in with coloured marble; the lower register has a scalloped edge with garland-like folds; on a broad circular stem and a moulded lower base, also round. The wooden cover is a tall one of open-work; like the font itself, mid-19th-century. [NB: a chapel is believed to have existed here since Norman times, but it is not certain whether or not an earlier font existed in this location]
COORDINATES
UTM: 30U 590328 6104831
LID INFORMATION
Date: 19th-century?
Material: wood, oak?
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]