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R01: design element - motifs - roll moulding
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Phil Thirkell, 2006
Image Source: digital photograph taken 3 January 2006 by Phil Thirkell [http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/100334] [accessed 23 February 2010]
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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Phil Thirkell, 2006
Image Source: digital photograph taken 3 January 2006 by Phil Thirkell [http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/100334] [accessed 23 February 2010]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-3.0
INFORMATION
FontID: 16081THO
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Aidan
Church Patron Saints: St. Aidan [aka Aedan] [modern dedication; earlier dedication unknown]
Country Name: England
Location: Northumberland, North East
Directions to Site: Located near Chollerton
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the W end of the nave
Century and Period: 12th century, Norman
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
Noted in Pevsner (1957): "Font. Plain, big, circular." Baptismal font consisting of a roughly hemispherical basin that is plain except for a roll moulding at the upper rim, raised on a plain cylindrical stem and a square lower base (the last two may be of a later date).
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material:
stone
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: lead-lined
REFERENCES
Pevsner, Nikolaus, Northumberland, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1957