Great Bromley

INFORMATION

FontID: 16760BRO
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. George
Church Patron Saints: St. George
Country Name: England
Location: Essex, East
Directions to Site: Located off the A120, 10 km E of Colchester [Coordinates: 51° 53′ 43.44″ N, 1° 1′ 33.6″ E 51.8954, 1.026]
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Chelmsford
Font Location in Church: inside the church, at the W end of the nave
Century and Period: 20th century (?), Modern
Font Notes:
The British Listed Buildings database [http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-120095-church-of-st-george-great-bromley] [accessed 5 July 2010] notes: "C20 font, octagonal with cusped double ogee arches and foliate spandrels to 4 panels, single arches to other panels, moulded base. Carved, traceried and crocketed cover." [NB: we have no information on the font of the medieval church]

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal

LID INFORMATION

Date: modern?
Material: wood
Apparatus: no