Smethcott / Smerecote / Smethcote
Image copyright © Aidan McRae Thomson, 2016
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view of font and cover in context - northwest side
Scene Description: Source caption: "perhaps the most rough-hewn ancient font I've yet seen"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Aidan McRae Thomson, 2016
Image Source: digital photograph taken 2 July 2016 by Aidan McRae Thomson [www.flickr.com/photos/amthomson/31808099304/in/photostream/] [accessed 7 August 2019]
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
view of basin and cover - northwest side
Scene Description: the west side is very rough indeed and may have been meant to go against a wall or be partly immured in one -- notice the metal staple partly visible on the narrow north side of the upper rim
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Aidan McRae Thomson, 2016
Image Source: digital photograph taken 2 July 2016 by Aidan McRae Thomson [www.flickr.com/photos/amthomson/31808099304/in/photostream/] [accessed 7 August 2019]
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
view of church exterior in context - north view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Row17, 2009
Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 March 2009 by Row17 [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1217658] [accessed 7 August 2019]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-2.0
view of basin - east side
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © CRSBI, 2019
Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 28 July 2000 by Barbara Zeitler, in the CRSBI [www.crsbi.ac.uk/site/2427/] [accessed 7 August 2019]
Copyright Instructions: PERMISSION NOT AVAILABLE -- IMAGE NOT FOR PUBLIC USE
view of basin - south side
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © CRSBI, 2019
Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 28 July 2000 by Barbara Zeitler, in the CRSBI [www.crsbi.ac.uk/site/2427/] [accessed 7 August 2019]
Copyright Instructions: PERMISSION NOT AVAILABLE -- IMAGE NOT FOR PUBLIC USE
INFORMATION
Font ID: 16219SME
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 11th - 12th century, Norman
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Michael and All Angels
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the W end of the nave, centre aisle
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Michael & All Angels
Church Address: Rushbury Rd, Smethcote, Church Stretton SY6 6NX, UK -- Tel.: +44 743 719578
Site Location: Shropshire, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located off (W) the A49, 8-9 km NW of Church Stretton, 15 km S of Shrewsbury
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Hereford
Historical Region: Hundred of Condover
Font Notes:
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There is an entry for Smethcott [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [https://opendomesday.org/place/SO4499/smethcott/] [accessed 7 August 2019] but it mentions neither cleric nor church in it. Anderson (1864) notes: "A rude font within this church and two circular-headed windows indicate the Norman character of the building". The entry for this church in Historic England [Listing NGR: SO4494199379] notes: "Parish church. 1849-50, by J. P. Harrison, incorporating material from former C12 church [...] possibly C12 oval stone font with plain wooden top". The entry for this church in the CRSBI (2019) notes: "The medieval church belonged to a castle [...] 12thc font at the W end of the nave [...] The font resembles an oblong cushion capital. With the exception of chisel marks, it is plain. Made of white sandstone. The square bowl is lined with lead."
COORDINATES
UTM: 30U 512634 5826620
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 52.58947, -2.8135
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 52° 35′ 22.09″ N, 2° 48′ 48.6″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, sandstone
Font Shape: oval (unmounted)
Basin Interior Shape: rectangular
Basin Exterior Shape: oval
Drainage Notes: lead-lined
Basin Total Height: 49 cm*
Trapezoidal Basin: 55 x 80 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * CRSBI (2019)
LID INFORMATION
Material: wood
Apparatus: no
Notes: the flat and plain damaged cover matches the font in crudeness; one metal staple present at the upper rim
REFERENCES
- Anderson, John Corbet, Shropshire, its early history and antiquities, comprising […], London: Willis and Sotheran, 1864, p. 232
- Corpus of Romanesque Sculpture in Britain and Ireland, The Corpus of Romanesque Sculpture in Britain and Ireland, The Corpus of Romanesque Sculpture in Britain and Ireland. URL: http://www.crsbi.ac.uk.