Bonlez No. 2 / Bonle / Bonlé

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 25887BON
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Date: n.d.
Font Century and Period/Style: 16th century (?), Late Gothic
Church / Chapel Name: Château de Bonlez
Font Location in Church: In the courtyard of the castle
Church Address: Bas-Bonlez, 1325 Chaumont-Gistoux, Belgium
Site Location: Brabant Wallon / Wallon Brabant, Wallonie / Wallonne, Belgium
Directions to Site: Located off (N) the N243, 2-3 km N of Chaumont-Gistoux, about 11 km NE of Louvain. The Château de Bonlez is located in the Bas-Bolez part of town
Additional Comments: disused font (now a decoration in the castle courtyard)
Font Notes:
Baptismal font of the 16th century listed and illustrated in BALaT KIK-IRPA [https://balat.kikirpa.be/object/11013582] [accessed 4 August 2025]: "Cuve flanquée de quatre têtes sculptées [...] Cour d'honneur, Château de Bonlez [...] Date: 1501 - 1700". The font consists of a roughly hemispherical basin decorated with four human heads set at 90-degree angles on the upper rim, raised on an octagonal-to-square pedestal base.

COORDINATES

UTM: 31U 619676 5618836
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 50.709, 4.695
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 50° 42′ 32.4″ N, 4° 41′ 42″ E

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: hemispheric, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round

REFERENCES

  • KIK-IRPA, BALaT KIK-IRPA, 2024. URL: https://balat.kikirpa.be/.