Sturmer No. 1 / Sturmere

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Results: 4 records

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view of church exterior - south portal - tympanum

Image Source: digital photograph taken by John Whitworth [www.essexchurches.info]

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view of church exterior - south view

Image Source: digital photograph taken by John Whitworth [www.essexchurches.info]

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view of church interior - nave - looking east

Image Source: digital photograph taken by John Whitworth [www.essexchurches.info]

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view of church interior - nave - looking west

Scene Description: the modern font at the back, by the south doorway

Image Source: digital photograph taken by John Whitworth [www.essexchurches.info]

Copyright Instructions: Standing permission

INFORMATION

Font ID: 16892STU

Object Type: Baptismal Font1?

Font Century and Period/Style: 11th - 12th century, Norman

Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Mary the Virgin

Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary the Virgin

Church Address: Church Drive, Sturmer, Essex, CB9 7XD, UK

Site Location: Essex, East, England, United Kingdom

Directions to Site: Located 17 km ENE of Saffron Walden

Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Chelmsford

Additional Comments: disappeared font?

Font Notes: Click to view

Baptismal font located at the west end of the nave, south side, by the south entranceway; it consists of an octagonal basin with quatrefoils on the sides, raised on a pedestal base; appears modern. [NB: the church fabric goes back to Norman times, but we have no information on its medieval font]

Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to John Whitworth, www.essexchurches.info, for his photographs of church and modern font

COORDINATES

UTM: 31U 327136 5771492