Smethcott / Smerecote / Smethcote
Image copyright © Aidan McRae Thomson, 2016
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Results: 5 records
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
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]
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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 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
INFORMATION
FontID: 16219SME
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Michael and All Angels
Church Patron Saints: St. Michael & All Angels
Church Location: Rushbury Rd, Smethcote, Church Stretton SY6 6NX, UK -- Tel.: +44 743 719578
Country Name: England
Location: Shropshire, West Midlands
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 Location in Church: Inside the church, at the W end of the nave, centre aisle
Century and Period: 11th - 12th century, Norman
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
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 52.58947, -2.8135
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 52° 35′ 22.09″ N, 2° 48′ 48.6″ W
UTM: 30U 512634 5826620
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
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. Accessed: 2019-08-07 00:00:00. URL: http://www.crsbi.ac.uk.