West Boldon, Church of St. Nicholas, font

HER Number:
15328

District:
S Tyneside

Site Name:
West Boldon, Church of St. Nicholas, font

Place:
West Boldon

Map Sheet:
NZ36SE

Class:
Religious Ritual and Funerary

Site Type: Broad:

Site Type: Specific:
Font

General Period:
Medieval

Specific Period:
C13

Form of Evidence:
Structure

Description:
The font is the same date as the church - 13th century. Hodgson described it as being 'of very exceptional design indeed'. It is similar to that at Thornley, with its enormous base, the slender stem, minute bowl and the peculiar space between the bottom of the bowl and the torus moulding at the top of the shaft. The font in St. Helen's Auckland has similar decoration. Dimensions of font: depth of bowl 10.5 inches, depth of stem 1 foot 2 inches, depth of base 1 foot 9 inches, diameter of bowl 1 foot 6 inches, diameter of stem 9 inches, diameter of base 2 feet 3 inches, total height 3 feet 9.5 inches.

Easting:
3511

Northing:
6114

Grid Reference:
NZ35116114

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Dr J.F. Hodgson, 1912, Font in Boldon Church, Transactions of the Architectural and Archaeological Society of Durham and Northumberland, Vol VI, pp 244-245